Description
| Product ID: | 9781032161808 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Routledge Series on the Humanities and the Social Sciences in a Post-COVID-19 World |
| Title: | Pandemic, Governance and Communication |
| Subtitle: | The Curious Case of COVID-19 |
| Authors: | Author: Dipankar Sinha |
| Page Count: | 176 |
| Subjects: | Communication studies, Communication studies, Political structure and processes, Central / national / federal government, Political control and freedoms, Political campaigning and advertising, Infectious and contagious diseases, Political structure & processes, Central government, Political control & freedoms, Political campaigning & advertising, Infectious & contagious diseases |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book focuses on what is arguably the most devastating phenomenon in the history of modern civilization, the COVID-19 pandemic. It shows how the pandemic has exposed governments the world over to deal with a major health crisis and their efforts to enforce digital surveillance on people to disciplinine them. This book focuses on what is arguably the most devastating phenomenon in the history of modern civilization, the COVID-19 pandemic. It shows how, on the one hand, the pandemic has exposed governments the world over to deal with a major health crisis; and, on the other, efforts by the ruling forces to enforce surveillance on people and disciplining them by maneuvering cutting-edge digital technology in the name of security and safety. Second, it explores how the mainstream versions of crisis communication and risk communication face huge challenges during a pandemic. Finally, it analyses how the pandemic propels an extraordinary expansion of infodemic — rapid spread of excessive quantities of misinformation and disinformation of the fake and false variety — and how social media in particular becomes its main tool in causing subversion of the prevalent information order. Engaging, comprehensive and accessible, this book will be of immense importance to scholars and researchers of politics, especially governance and political communication, communication studies, and public health management. It will be vital for public policy professionals, experts in thinktanks, career bureaucrats, and non-governmental organizations. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge India |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-12-22 |
