Overview
Focuses on China’s expertise in containing COVID-19 and the lessons learned
Examines the role and impact of mobile technologies in containing COVID-19
Explores challenges and opportunities in the post pandemic era
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About this book
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.
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Reporting on COVID-19, the Mobile Way
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Coping with COVID-19: Information Disorder and Personal Privacy
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Coping with COVID-19: The Survival Efforts
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Beyond COVID-19: Collaborative Mobile Learning and Mobile Workplaces
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Coping with COVID-19, the Mobile Way
Book Subtitle: Experience and Expertise from China
Editors: Xiaoge Xu
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5787-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-5786-4Published: 22 November 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-5789-5Published: 23 November 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-5787-1Published: 21 November 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 303
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
Topics: Media and Communication, Public Health, Wireless and Mobile Communication