Using Web-Based Search Data to Study the Public’s Reactions to Societal Events: The Case of the Sandy Hook Shooting

Journals

1. Croitoru A, Kien S, Mahabir R, Radzikowski J, Crooks A, Schuchard R, Begay T, Lee A, Bettios A, Stefanidis A. Responses to mass shooting events. Criminology & Public Policy 2020;19(1):335 View
2. Semenza D, Bernau J. Information-seeking in the Wake of Tragedy: An Examination of Public Response to Mass Shootings Using Google Search Data. Sociological Perspectives 2022;65(1):216 View
3. Brownstein J, Nahari A, Reis B. Internet search patterns reveal firearm sales, policies, and deaths. npj Digital Medicine 2020;3(1) View
4. Gresenz C, Singh L, Wang Y, Haber J, Liu Y. Development and Assessment of a Social Media–Based Construct of Firearm Ownership: Computational Derivation and Benchmark Comparison. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2023;25:e45187 View
5. Slote K, Daley K, Succar R, Barak Ventura R, Porfiri M, Belykh I, Ognyanova K. How advocacy groups on Twitter and media coverage can drive US firearm acquisition: A causal study. PNAS Nexus 2025;4(6) View
6. Xu X, Yang J, Arshad M, Liu H, Jian Y, Zhao M, Luo G, Cao S, Cao F, Chen Q. Spatiotemporal evolution and forecasting of public attention to special education: a GIS and SARIMA-LSTM based analysis. PeerJ Computer Science 2025;11:e3293 View