Overview

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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Author:   Xiaoge Xu
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2022
Weight:   0.549kg
ISBN:  

9789811957864

ISBN 10:   981195786
Pages:   303
Publication Date:   22 November 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

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 

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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.

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