Text Mining about Online and Offline Education During Coronavirus Pandemic

Due to the release of the pandemic policy in China on December 7, 2022, many educational systems switched from frequent online education to offline education. The subjects of previous studies focused on online education during the pandemic, while few studied the contrast between online and offline education, especially the comparison before and after the Chinese pandemic policy. To fill the research gap, the current study aims to explore public opinions about online and offline education under the circumstances. And the data was collected from Weibo in two phases: from June 7, 2022, to December 7, 2022 (6 months before the Chinese pandemic policy) and from December 7, 2022 to June 7, 2023 (6 months after the Chinese pandemic policy). Then the study performed word frequency analysis and topic modeling analysis. The public opinions of various periods and subjects were examined and contrasted. The final findings could contribute to a deeper comprehension of how Chinese citizens feel about online and offline education.