Bento et al., "Evidence from internet search data shows information-seeking responses to news of local COVID-19 cases" (2020)
2020-05-04 → 2026-08-14
Ana I. Bento, Thuy Nguyen, Coady Wing, Felipe Lozano-Rojas, Yong-Yeol Ahn, and Kosali Simon, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117(21), 11220–11222 (2020)
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@article{bento2020covidsearch,
author = {Ana I. Bento and Thuy Nguyen and Coady Wing and Felipe Lozano-Rojas and Yong-Yeol Ahn and Kosali Simon},
title = {Evidence from internet search data shows information-seeking responses to news of local COVID-19 cases},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
volume = {117},
number = {21},
pages = {11220--11222},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.2005335117},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
eprint = {2004.04591},
primaryClass = {cs.SI},
year = {2020},
}
Uses an event-study design across US states to measure search responses to the first announced local COVID-19 case. Searches for the disease, symptoms, and hand sanitizer rose immediately but returned toward baseline within one or two weeks; searches about policy and several personal-health responses did not rise immediately.
Information seeking, Search engine, COVID 19 pandemic