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Content analysis of YouTube videos regarding natural disasters in India and analysis of users sentiment through viewer comments

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  • Lulu Rout

    (Fakir Mohan University)

  • Manoj Kumar Acharya

    (Fakir Mohan University)

  • Shubhasmita Acharya

    (Mizoram University)

Abstract

This research investigates the ease with which people in India can access natural disaster videos on YouTube with the goal of raising awareness and empowering the general populace to take action for their own safety. The article describes the most common category of calamity for which videos were produced in India. The comments added by viewers in each video’s comment area are analyzed in order to determine the viewers’ intentions and feelings in relation to the available videos. This is done so in order to analyze viewers’ sentiments. For this reason, study makes use of Webometric analyzer to retrieve the pertinent information from YouTube by utilizing the YouTube API key. Furthermore, the R-studio environment was utilized in order to do the sentiment analysis. After the raw data have been collected, they go through a process of manual verification so that the legitimacy and accuracy of the data may be confirmed. Following the application of the criteria for elimination, there were a total of 467 relevant movies and 20,689 comments that were retrieved for further examination. Following a comprehensive investigation, it was discovered that the majority of films were published between the years of 2008 and 2010. When looking at the total amount of videos released on the topic of natural disasters in India, the most notable channels are INDIA TODAY, WION, and NDTV, among others. These channels have the most footage available online. Using the keyword analysis that was performed on the videos’ titles, it was discovered that the majority of the movies in the collection were about cyclones, rather than any of the other kinds of natural disasters that can be found in India.

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  • Lulu Rout & Manoj Kumar Acharya & Shubhasmita Acharya, 2024. "Content analysis of YouTube videos regarding natural disasters in India and analysis of users sentiment through viewer comments," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 120(1), pages 219-234, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:nathaz:v:120:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1007_s11069-023-06217-1
    DOI: 10.1007/s11069-023-06217-1
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