This edited book examines the impact of COVID-19 on selected areas of mobile studies, ranging from mobile public spaces to mobile workspaces. This book offers insights into how to leverage mobile devices, as well as features and communication to contain the pandemic. Specifically, it highlights the Chinese experience and lessons, and the country’s expertise in social capital management during the health crisis, governance of information flow and order, combating fake news and the infodemic, documenting the pandemic, and lessons learned from mobile health communication. It also discusses how small companies can survive the death of foreign trade during the pandemic.
Looking beyond the pandemic, the book also explores the challenges and opportunities posed by the pandemic by investigating mobile learning, mobile journalism, mobile marketing and mobile workspaces. Given its scope, this book will enhance the global efforts in fighting the pandemic and contribute to the current body of knowledge on how to leverage mobile technologies to enhance public health communication during public health crises.
Edited by:
Xiaoge Xu
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: Singapore
Edition: 2022 ed.
Dimensions:
Height: 210mm,
Width: 148mm,
Weight: 427g
ISBN: 9789811957895
ISBN 10: 9811957894
Pages: 303
Publication Date: 23 November 2023
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Chapter 1 Introduction Section I Coping with COVID-19: The WeChat Way Chapter 2 “You Wait for Me for a Moment”: Mobile Usage of the Elderly Female Adults in China to Cope with COVID-19 Chapter 3 COVID-19 Fake News and Older Adults: Predicating News Credibility Evaluation Chapter 4 Coping with COVID-19: The WeChat Way Section II Reporting on COVID-19, the Mobile Way Chapter 5 Predicting News Engagement on Douyin: The Case of COVID-19 Coverage Chapter 6 Reporting COVID-19 via Crowdsourcing: The US vs. China Section III Coping with COVID-19: Information Disorder and Personal Privacy Chapter 7 Typology and Governance of Information Disorder Related to COVID-19 in China Chapter 8 Public Health vs. Personal Privacy during COVID-19 in China Section IV Coping with COVID-19: The Survival Efforts Chapter 9 Digital Transformation or New Digital Divide 2.0? Chapter 10 Mobile Marketing and Innovation: Saviors for Tourism during the Pandemic Chapter 11 From Epicenter to Hero City: How Wuhan Survived the Pandemic Section V Beyond COVID-19: Collaborative Mobile Learning and Mobile Workplaces Chapter 12 Collaborative Learning during the Pandemic: The Role of Mobile Devices Chapter 13 Mobile Workspaces for the Construction Industry in the Post-COVID-19 Era
Xiaoge Xu (BA, BA, MS, PhD) is an Associate Professor of Media and Communication Studies at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China, where he is the founding director of the Institute for Mobile Studies. He is the editor-in-chief of IGI Global’s Advances in Wireless Technologies and Telecommunication book series. His research interests include mobile journalism, mobile storytelling, mobile experience, city storytelling, mobile technologies for sustainable development, and mobile learning.
