Using a multimodal discourse analysis approach, this dynamic collection examines various discourses, modes and media in circulation during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, and how these have impacted our daily lives in terms of the various meanings they express.
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Introduction
1. Discourses, modes, media and meaning in an era of pandemic: A multimodal discourse analysis approach
Sabine Tan and Marissa K. L. E
Part I. Use of semiotic modes/resources in COVID-19 discourses
2. Stay at home: Speech acts in Arab political cartoons on COVID-19 pandemic
Ahmed Abdel-Raheem
3. Communication as Graphic Medicine: A multimodal social semiotic approach
Marissa K. L. E and Sabine Tan
Part II. Use of media/media technologies in COVID-19 discourses
4. Design considerations for digital learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: Losses and gains
Fei Victor Lim and Weimin Toh
5. Phraseology and imagery in UK public health agency COVID-19 tweets
David Oakey, Christian Jones and Kay L. O'Halloran
Part III. Communicative functions/strategies of COVID-19 discourses
6. Australian universities engaging international students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A study of multimodal public communications with students
Zuocheng Zhang, Toni Dobinson and Wei Wang&lă)