(The COVID-19 Pandemic Series) 1st Edition
by Fiona Rossette-Crake (Editor), Elvis Buckwalter (Editor)
This
book analyses some of the many upheavals brought about by the COVID-19
pandemic through the lens of the COVID-19–communication–culture
interface, with a particular focus on the new global, virtual workplace.
It brings together a pluridisciplinary and multinational team of
researchers from the fields of sociology and organisational studies,
discourse analysis, linguistics, communication and cultural studies, and
includes testimonials from actors within the professional sector such
as international managers, consultants and foreign trade advisors.
The
collection examines a wide range of phenomena including communication
on the pandemic by public authorities, the pandemic as a discursive
construct, the digital turn and its impact on communication, the role of
social media, as well as national diplomacy and questions of
surveillance, (bio)power and trust. Issues pertaining specifically to
the workplace focus on the impact of remote work, including the
challenge of building cohesive work relations and managing cultural
difference, distance recruitment, the new forms of professional online
communication, the future of the remote work model and questions of
identity that are underpinned by the culture of professions. It aims to
theoretically inform some of the enormous changes which have been
brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic at multiple levels of our
professional and social lives. It concludes with a virtual round-table
discussion on the question of cultural difference with respect to both
the pandemic itself and work practice.
COVID-19,
Communication and Culture: Beyond the Global Workplace will be of great
interest to academics and professionals interested in the communication
and discourse and the cultural impact of COVID-19.
