Repurposing a WhatsApp group: How a fantasy cricket group transformed into a site of care and support during India's second wave of Covid-19 [0.03%]
印度新冠肺炎第二波疫情下的关怀与支持:_whatsapp_上的板球幻想游戏群组转型为支持小组案例分析
Aditya Deshbandhu,Sejal Sahni
Aditya Deshbandhu
Set in the context of India's second Covid-19 wave (April-June 2021), this article examines the transformation of a WhatsApp group originally created to study a pool of fantasy sport players into a site of care, concern, and support. By usi...
Hybrid spaces 2.0: Connecting networked urbanism, uneven mobilities, and creativity, in a (post) pandemic world [0.03%]
混合空间2.0:在(后)疫情世界中连接网络都市主义、不平衡流动性与创意
Adriana de Souza E Silva
Adriana de Souza E Silva
Where horizontal and vertical surveillances meet: Sense-making of US COVID-19 contact-tracing apps during a health crisis [0.03%]
横纵 surveillance 交汇聚点:美国新冠肺炎疫情期间健康危机下的接触者追踪应用程序本土化改造的意义构建研究
Jeeyun Sophia Baik,Eugene Jang
Jeeyun Sophia Baik
Analyzing user reviews of seven US digital contact-tracing apps for COVID-19, this article unpacks how the new form of surveillance technology is understood and experienced by individuals during a global health crisis. The findings suggest ...
Adriana de Souza E Silva,Mai Nou Xiong-Gum
Adriana de Souza E Silva
The COVID-19 pandemic may soon be coming to its end, but COVID-19 still kills thousands of people every single day (at time of writing). Even if COVID-19 now represents less of a health risk, and less disruption to our personal lives, we kn...
The relational ontology of mobile touchscreens and the body: Ambient proprioception and risk during COVID-19 [0.03%]
移动触屏与身体的关系本体论:疫情期间的环境自我感知与风险
Ingrid Richardson,Rowan Wilken
Ingrid Richardson
In this article, we explore the tension between the significance of touch as a vital sensory modality of human experience and how, with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, proximity and (tactile) intimacy with other bodies in urban and domest...
COVID-19 surveillance in Israeli press: Spatiality, mobility, and control [0.03%]
新冠疫情下的以色列媒体监督:空间、流动和控制
Aya Yadlin,Avi Marciano
Aya Yadlin
In March 2020, Israel passed emergency regulations authorizing its internal security agency to track citizens' mobile phone geolocations in order to tackle the spread of COVID-19. This unprecedented surveillance enterprise attracted extensi...
You are not alone: Smartphone use, friendship satisfaction, and anxiety during the COVID-19 crisis [0.03%]
你并不孤单:智能手机使用、疫情期间的友谊满意度和焦虑感之间的关系
Anja Stevic,Kevin Koban,Alice Binder et al.
Anja Stevic et al.
Due to 'stay-at-home' measures, individuals increasingly relied on smartphones for social connection and for obtaining information about the COVID-19 pandemic. In a two-wave panel survey (N Time2 = 416), we investigated associations between...
Francette L Broekman,Jessica Taylor Piotrowski,Hans W J Beentjes et al.
Francette L Broekman et al.
When parents select apps for young children (3-7), they have particular needs. However, it is unclear how these needs might be fulfilled. Uses and gratifications theory predicts that specific features of apps can fulfill needs, but empirica...
Capturing commemoration: Using mobile recordings within memory research [0.03%]
移动记录在记忆研究中的应用:纪念活动的拍摄案例研究
Carolyn Birdsall,Danielle Drozdzewski
Carolyn Birdsall
This paper details the contribution of mobile devices to capturing commemoration in action. It investigates the incorporation of audio and sound recording devices, observation, and note-taking into a mobile (auto)ethnographic research metho...