The pandemic-era surge in online-education microblogging came mainly from female users, whose negative opinions nearly doubled those of males¶

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q2 i? The dramatic increase of microblogs about online education largely came from female users, whose negative opinions rose from 5.53% to 19.17% during the outbreak and remained elevated (16.21%) afterward, with females almost doubling males in negativity. → Mingming Zhou 2022 q2 i? Males held a positive view of online education regardless of phase, and the gender gap in volume diminished after the pandemic. → Mingming Zhou 2022

Evidence¶

Mingming Zhou 2022¶

Mingming Zhou, Hao Mou. (2022). Tracking public opinion about online education over COVID-19 in China. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-022-10080-5

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Gender-based comparison of sentiment values across the three phases, using gender retrieved from Weibo user profiles. The article reports females' negative opinions "increased from 5.53 to 19.17%" and stayed at 16.21% post-pandemic, while males held positive views across phases.

"Over the outbreak, females' negative opinions about online education increased from 5.53 to 19.17%, and did not drop very much after the pandemic (16.21%). Their positive views showed a steadily decreasing trend over the pandemic."

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