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Staying Informed and Bridging 'Social Distance

Smartphone News Use and Mobile Messaging Behaviors of Flemish Adults during the First Weeks of the Covid-19 Pandemic

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ID2423949
AutoresJakob Ohme (0000-0001-9131-5283, University of Amsterdam, autor correspondente), Mariek M P Vanden Abeele (0000-0003-1806-6991, Tilburg University), Kyle Van Gaeveren (0000-0003-1002-8341, Ghent University Hospital), Wouter Durnez (0000-0001-8045-8801, Ghent University Hospital), Lieven De Marez (0000-0001-7716-4079, Ghent University Hospital)
Ano2020
Volume6
Páginas2378023120950190-2378023120950190
Data de publicação2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2378-0231 • E-ISSN: 2378-0231
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/2378023120950190
PMID34192139
OpenAlexW3083640502
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas33
Referências citadas33

The authors explore patterns of smartphone use during the first weeks following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in Belgium, focusing on citizens' use of smartphones to consume news and to communicate and interact with others. Unique smartphone tracking data from 2,778 Flemish adults reveal that at the height of the outbreak, people used their smartphone on average 45 minutes (28 percent) more than before the outbreak. The number of smartphone pickups remained fairly stable over this period. This means that on average, users did not turn to their smartphones more frequently but used them longer to access news (54 percent increase), social media apps (72 percent increase), messaging apps (64 percent increase), and the voice call feature (44 percent increase). These smartphone use patterns suggest that smartphones are key instruments that help citizens stay informed, in sync, and in touch with society during times of crisis

Advertising · App store · Bridging (networking · Business · Computer security · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Flemish · Geography · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Internet privacy · Multimedia · Outbreak · Pandemic · Smartphone application · Social distance · Social media · sync · Telecommunications · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Medicine · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Psychology · Social Media and Politics

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Intervalo de citações2020 - 2026 (7)
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