TY - CPAPER TI - Communicating COVID-19: Twitter Surveillance and Affect in Relation to Regional Differences in Italy PY - 2021 AU - Department of Geography, Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age (HDMA), San Diego State University, San Diego, California (USA), gfernandez2@sdsu.edu Carol Maione, Department of Management, Economics Dr. Gabriela Fernandez AU - Politecnico di Milano, Milan (Italy), cmaione@umich.edu Karenina Zaballa, Graduate Researcher, Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age (HDMA), San Diego State University, San Diego, California (USA), nikazaballa@gmail.com Norbert Bonnici, Institute of Space Sciences & Astronomy (ISSA), University of Malta, Malta, norbert@bonnici.mt Dr. Brian H. Spitzberg, Department of Communication Industrial Engineering AU - San Diego State University, San Diego, California (USA), spitz@sdsu.edu Jack McKew, Engineer, Software Developer, Data Scientist, Newcastle (Australia), jackmckew2@gmail.com Dr. Jarai Carter, Data Scientist, John Deere, Champaign, Illinois (USA), Adjunct Faculty, Columbia University, New York (USA), jarai.carter@gmail.com Harrison Yang, Graduate Researcher, Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age (HDMA), San Diego State University, San Diego, California (USA), hyang5959@sdsu.edu Dr. Filippo Bonora, Mathematician, Bologna (Italy), bonora.fil@gmail.com Dr. Shraddha S. Ghodke, School of Pharmacy, University of College London (UCL), London (United Kingdom), sgsweetfriend9@gmail.com Chanwoo Jin, Doctoral Researcher, Department of Geography, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, (USA), cjin@sdsu.edu Rachelle De Ocampo, Master of Public Health, Graduate Researcher, Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age (HDMA), San Diego State University, San Diego, California (USA), rdeocampo@sdsu.edu Wayne Kepner, MPH, Graduate Researcher, Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age (HDMA), San Diego State University, San Diego, California (USA), wkepner@gmail.com Dr. Ming Hsiang Tsou, Department of Geography, Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age (HDMA), San Diego State University, San Diego, California (USA), mtsou@sdsu.edu Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age (HDMA) ER -