The usage and impact of ICTs during the Covid-19 pandemic /

The usage and impact of ICTs during the Covid-19 pandemic / / edited by Shengnan Yang, Xiaohua Zhu, and Pnina Fichman.

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"This book takes a holistic view of the roles of ICTs during the pandemic through the lens of social informatics, as it is critical to our understanding of the relations between society and technology. Specific attention is given to various stakeholders and social contexts, with analysis at the...

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Superior document:Routledge Studies in Library and Information Science
TeilnehmendeR:
Yang, Shengnan, 1943-
Zhu, Xiaohua, 1972-
Fichman, Pnina,
Place / Publishing House:Milton Park, England : : Routledge,, [2023]
©2023
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:Routledge Studies in Library and Information Science
Physical Description:1 online resource (295 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Half Title
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Tables
  • Contributors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Social Informatics in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • The Pandemic and ICTs
  • Social Informatics
  • Organization of the Book
  • The Pandemic, and ICTs' Role, Goes on
  • References
  • Part I: Governance
  • 1. Toward a Sociotechnical Framework for Misinformation Policy Analysis
  • Introduction
  • Definitions of key terms
  • Case selection and background
  • General background of misinformation regulation in the United States
  • General background of misinformation regulation in China
  • Literature Review
  • Methodology
  • Data collection
  • Content analysis method
  • Developing the analytical framework
  • Data analysis
  • Findings
  • Contexts
  • Issues
  • Channels
  • Agents
  • Targets
  • Government actions
  • Discussion and Conclusion: A Framework for the Future
  • Notes
  • References
  • 2. Governing Privacy as Contexts Overlap during Crisis
  • Introduction
  • Background
  • Cases
  • Healthcare
  • Education
  • Labor
  • Implications
  • Notes
  • References
  • Part II: Community
  • 3. A Social Informatics Approach to Online Communities of Practice of the Art Recreation Challenge on Instagram during COVID-19
  • Introduction
  • Background
  • Art recreation
  • Between art and quarantine as a CoP
  • Methodology
  • Data collection
  • Data analysis
  • Findings
  • Discussion and Conclusions
  • Note
  • References
  • 4. Treating a Viral Culture: Using Cultural Competency and Social Informatics to Design Contextualized Information Literacy Efforts for Specific Social Information Cultures
  • Introduction
  • Social Information Cultural Competency: A Sociotechnical Approach to Understanding Information Behaviors in Context
  • Contextualizing information behavior within social information cultures.
  • Social information cultural competency
  • Social informatics and SICC
  • SICC-informed information literacy interventions
  • Case Study: Information Literacy Campaigns Addressing COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media
  • Background
  • Understanding COVID-19 misinformation networks as social information cultures
  • Relevant technical features and understanding the role of platforms
  • COVID-19 misinformation IL interventions
  • Inoculation or prebunking
  • Accuracy prompts
  • Conversation groups
  • Discussion: Suggestions for Treating a Viral Misinformation SIC
  • Conclusion
  • Note
  • References
  • Part III: Information Behavior
  • 5. Information Behavior and Emotion Change during a Public Health Emergency of International Concern: A Case Study of Middle-Aged People
  • Introduction
  • Related work
  • Information behavior in PHEIC
  • Studies of associated sentiments in the PHEIC
  • Factors influencing health information behavior in various populations
  • Research questions
  • Research methods
  • Research design
  • Data collection
  • Data analysis
  • Open coding
  • Axial coding
  • Selective coding
  • Findings
  • Interactive influence model of health information behavior and emotions
  • Emotions
  • Emotion types
  • The change of anxiety
  • Health information behavior
  • Health information behavior characteristics
  • Changes in health information behavior
  • Association between emotions and health information behavior
  • Discussion and implications
  • Discussion
  • Theoretical implications
  • Practical implications
  • Limitations
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Appendix 1 Research interview outline
  • Appendix 2 Results of open coding
  • 6. Evolution of Discussion Topics in Online Depression Self-Help Groups Before, During, and After COVID-19 Lockdown in China
  • Introduction
  • Background
  • Language use on social media among people with depression.
  • The COVID-19 pandemic
  • Social media use during the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
  • The COVID-19 pandemic in China
  • Method
  • Data collection
  • Data analysis
  • LDA topic modeling
  • Analysis of language features
  • Findings
  • Discussion topics in the entire dataset
  • Thematic analysis
  • Topic similarity among stages
  • Discussion topics in different stages
  • Language features of each group in each stage
  • Discussion and conclusion
  • Note
  • References
  • 7. Public Engagement with Science During and about COVID-19 via Twitter: Who, When, What, and How
  • Introduction
  • Related work
  • Health communication on social media
  • Public engagement with science via social media
  • The level of engagement on social media
  • Methodology
  • Data collection
  • Data analysis
  • Findings
  • RQ1: What and how are tweets posted during and about COVID-19 by scientists, pseudo-experts, and public health organizations?
  • RQ2: What and how are tweets posted about COVID-19 in three different periods during COVID-19?
  • RQ3: What and how do tweets about COVID-19 get different levels of engagement from the public?
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgment
  • References
  • Part IV: Everyday Life
  • 8. From Paperless Offices to Peopleless Offices: The Effects of Enforced ICT Usage During Covid-19 Lockdowns on Workplace Information Practices
  • Introduction
  • Previous empirical research
  • Method
  • Results-changes in information flows in everyday work
  • ICT and individual preferences
  • ICT and altering meeting practices
  • ICT and altering written communication practices
  • ICT and information transparency
  • ICT and time management
  • ICT and relational information flows
  • Results summary-changes in ICT usage and attitudes and the development of information practices
  • Discussion
  • References.
  • 9. Algorithmic Assemblages, the Natural Attitude, and the Social Informatics of the Pandemic Lifeworld
  • Introduction
  • Algorithms and Algorithmic Assemblages
  • The lifeworld and the natural attitude
  • Algorithmic assemblages, the lifeworld, and the natural attitude
  • The social informatics of the pandemic lifeworld
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Index.

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