Coping with COVID-19, the mobile way : experience and expertise from China / Xiaoge Xu, editor.
Xu, Xiaoge, editor.
2022
TK5103.2
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Title
Coping with COVID-19, the mobile way : experience and expertise from China / Xiaoge Xu, editor.
ISBN
9789811957871 (electronic bk.)
9811957878 (electronic bk.)
9789811957864
981195786X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5787-1
Published
Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xvii, 303 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Item Number
10.1007/978-981-19-5787-1 doi
Call Number
TK5103.2
Dewey Decimal Classification
621.3845/6
Summary
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 countrys 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. 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 Globals 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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Intro
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction
References
Part I Coping with COVID-19: The WeChat Way
2 "You Wait for Me for a Moment": Mobile Usage of the Elderly Female Adults in China to Cope with COVID-19
Introduction
Literature Review
Ageing Digitally: Divide or Empowerment?
WeChat and Digital Health Management Under COVID-19
Gendered and Aged Stigmatisation and Surveillance
Methodology
Respondents and Data Collection
Thematic Analysis
Findings
Supervised and Assisted Care and Support
Digital Health Information and Disinformation
The Engaged, Left Out, and Privacy Concerns
Conclusion
References
3 COVID-19 Fake News and Older Adults: Predicating News Credibility Evaluation
Introduction
Fake News and Older Adults
Shaping Factors of Credibility
Source Trustworthiness
News Source and Media Type
Intermediaries
Digital Media Literacy and Internet Skills
Methods
Stimuli
Source Trustworthiness
Source and Media Type
Intermediary
Measures
Participants and Procedure
Results
Discussion and Conclusion
Limitations and Future Research
References
4 Coping with COVID-19: The WeChat Way
Introduction
Introduction of the Second Affiliated Hospital
Literature Review
Temporary Hospitals
WeChat
Telemedicine
Case Study and Research Methods
The Use of Mobile Devices and Technologies During the First Year of the Epidemic
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chinese Medical University Microblog
The Second Affiliated Hospital's Usage of Mobile Technologies
Mobile Technologies at the Temporary Coronavirus Treatment Centres in Hubei Province
Interview with a Nurse
Interview with a Nurse
Interview with a Pharmacist
Interview with a TCM Doctor.

Interview with a Second TCM Doctor
Interview with a Third TCM Doctor
Discussion of the Interviews
Conclusion
References
Part II Reporting on COVID-19, the Mobile Way
5 Predicting News Engagement on Douyin: The Case of COVID-19 Coverage
Introduction
Theoretical Background and Hypotheses
Media Logic, News Engagement, and News Framing Effects
Mobile Short Video Orientated Nonverbal Framing Devices
Visual Grammatical Structure
Visual Modality
Redundant Storytelling Pattern
Image Size
Solution: The End of Seasoning Devices, the Beginning of Constructive News
Rhetorical Strategy: Make the News More Engaging
Methodology
Sample and Data Collection
Operationalization of Variables and Statistic Method
Visual Grammatical Structure
Visual Modality
Redundant Storytelling Pattern
Image Size
Rhetorical Strategy
Solution
News Engagement
Control Variables
Coding Procedures, Statistical Methods, and Manipulation Check
Results
Descriptive Analysis
Hypotheses Testing
Discussion
Primary Findings
Increasing Perceptual Fluency Before Posting
Enhance the Visual Modality to Increase the Sense of Presence
Solution: The Antidote to Being Lost
Visual Mobilization: Highlighting Action and Speech Processes
Users Like Personalized and Thoughtful Stories
Vertical Aesthetics
Limitations and Future Recommendations
References
6 Reporting COVID-19 via Crowdsourcing: The US vs. China
Introduction
Defining Crowdsourcing in Journalism
Crowdsourcing COVID-19: US Perspectives
Crowdsourcing COVID-19: Chinese Perspectives
Conclusion
References
Part III Coping with COVID-19: Information Disorder and Personal Privacy
7 Typology and Governance of Information Disorder Related to COVID-19 in China
Introduction
COVID-19 Problematic Information.

Typology of Problematic Information
Governance of Problematic Information
Conclusion
References
8 Public Health vs. Personal Privacy During COVID-19 in China
Introduction
Mobile Technology Development during COVID-19
Overview of Personal Data Collection
Health Code Popularization in China
The Rising Problem of Personal Privacy
Privacy Concern in China
The Absence of Informed Consent in Health Code
The Stigma Associated with Privacy Exposure
Balancing Public Health and Personal Privacy
Relevant Policy Responses about Privacy in China
Controversy about "the Right to be Forgotten"
Suggestions and Conclusion
References
Part IV Coping with COVID-19: The Survival Efforts
9 Digital Transformation or New Digital Divide 2.0? Yiwu Lady Bosses Embracing MSC Technology to Survive the Pandemic
Introduction
Literature Review and Theoretical Foundations
Society-Technology Mutual Construction Perspective
Feminist Standpoint Theory
E-commerce Alike Entrepreneurship and Gendered Empowerment
Resilience and Bricolage as Valuable Enablers of Entrepreneurship
Methods and Materials
Embracing Mobile Social Commerce During the Pandemic
Stories and Quotations of Lady Bosses in Their 40s
Stories and Quotations of Lady Bosses in Their 30s
Digital Dis-Enablement and Challenges Associated with MSC Entrepreneurship
Digital Dis-Enablement: Precarious, Time-Consuming and Triple Burdens
Challenges: Needing Adjustment, Being Exploited and Facing a "New Digital Divide2.0"
Discussion and the Visualised Analytical Framework
Conclusion and Theoretical Contributions
References
10 Mobile Marketing and Innovation: Saviours for Tourism During the Pandemic
Introduction
Literature Review
Impacts of the Crisis on Tourism Marketing
Mobile Marketing in Tourism.

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