Health Code as ‘access infrastructure’
Innovative practices and concerns of mediated governance
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 21215646 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Yu Zou (0000-0001-8685-8355, Communication University of China, autor correspondente), Jing Di (0009-0001-1634-5703, Communication University of China) |
| Ano | 2023 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Fascículo | 3 |
| Páginas | 381-413 |
| Data de publicação | 2023-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Global Media and China (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 2059-4364 • E-ISSN: 2059-4372 |
| Editora | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/20594364231184110 |
| OpenAlex | W4380988258 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referências citadas | 28 |
This study explores the Health Code (Chinese: 健康码), a digital contact tracing application used in Mainland China during the COVID-19 pandemic, and examines the process and impact of its entry into users’ lives and gradual infrastructuralisation within the field of internet infrastructure research. Results show that techno-nationalism was the basis for the inception, implementation, and development of the Health Code. Furthermore, the Health Code has gradually transformed from an early digital health credential into a type of ‘access infrastructure’ by linking physical, information, and communication infrastructure. As access infrastructure, the relationship between the Health Code and users was a tense one, with users actively engaging in ‘micro-help’ on social media platforms and performing ‘soft-resistance’ on psychological and operational levels. Concurrently, the Health Code was embedded into users’ usage habits and social culture, becoming a shared memory and potential digital infrastructure for the future
Business · Computer security · Internet privacy · Political science · Public relations · Social media · The Internet · World Wide Web · Computer Science · COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing · Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
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| Altamente citado | Não |