“Sana All”: Netizens’ Perception of Government Responses to COVID-19

Netizens posted views that contradicted the results released by research agencies about the Philippine government's responses to COVID-19. In this study, Twitter, which is a key communication channels, was the main source of data to explore the public’s perception of the Philippine government’...

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Main Authors: Leo Vicentino, Janah Zerina T. Doroteo, Lyn Angel V. Garcia, Nicole Myem S. De Jesus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UTS ePRESS 2022-03-01
Series:Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal
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Online Access:http://10.44.11.40:8080/index.php/mcs/article/view/7961
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author Leo Vicentino
Janah Zerina T. Doroteo
Lyn Angel V. Garcia
Nicole Myem S. De Jesus
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description Netizens posted views that contradicted the results released by research agencies about the Philippine government's responses to COVID-19. In this study, Twitter, which is a key communication channels, was the main source of data to explore the public’s perception of the Philippine government’s performance to the pandemic response. To limit tweets to be studied, sana all, a language phenomenon mostly used at the time of community lockdowns, was observed and utilized as a code identify relevant tweets. Between March and August 2020, 257 tweets were collected and researchers used presuppositions to extract socio-political context and truths implied in tweets. Then, the data underwent a 6-level thematic analysis and eleven categories were formed. The prevalent language intention emerging from the tweets is empathy. This paper will discuss how empathy associates the sound dissatisfaction of the netizens with the responses made by the current administration to combat the COVID-19 multi-effects.
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spelling doaj.art-ffbf59d0817a4aa2899010cd0c67979a2022-12-21T23:14:32ZengUTS ePRESSCosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal1837-53912022-03-0114110.5130/ccs.v14.i1.7961“Sana All”: Netizens’ Perception of Government Responses to COVID-19Leo Vicentino0Janah Zerina T. DoroteoLyn Angel V. GarciaNicole Myem S. De Jesus{'en_US': 'De La Salle University Integrated School'} Netizens posted views that contradicted the results released by research agencies about the Philippine government's responses to COVID-19. In this study, Twitter, which is a key communication channels, was the main source of data to explore the public’s perception of the Philippine government’s performance to the pandemic response. To limit tweets to be studied, sana all, a language phenomenon mostly used at the time of community lockdowns, was observed and utilized as a code identify relevant tweets. Between March and August 2020, 257 tweets were collected and researchers used presuppositions to extract socio-political context and truths implied in tweets. Then, the data underwent a 6-level thematic analysis and eleven categories were formed. The prevalent language intention emerging from the tweets is empathy. This paper will discuss how empathy associates the sound dissatisfaction of the netizens with the responses made by the current administration to combat the COVID-19 multi-effects. http://10.44.11.40:8080/index.php/mcs/article/view/7961participative governanceTwitterCOVID-19Philippines
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“Sana All”: Netizens’ Perception of Government Responses to COVID-19
Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal
participative governance
Twitter
COVID-19
Philippines
title “Sana All”: Netizens’ Perception of Government Responses to COVID-19
title_full “Sana All”: Netizens’ Perception of Government Responses to COVID-19
title_fullStr “Sana All”: Netizens’ Perception of Government Responses to COVID-19
title_full_unstemmed “Sana All”: Netizens’ Perception of Government Responses to COVID-19
title_short “Sana All”: Netizens’ Perception of Government Responses to COVID-19
title_sort sana all netizens perception of government responses to covid 19
topic participative governance
Twitter
COVID-19
Philippines
url http://10.44.11.40:8080/index.php/mcs/article/view/7961
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