Digital quarantine : does social distancing lead to virtual distancing?

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dc.contributor.advisor Pancer, Ethan
dc.creator Poole, Maxwell Grimshaw
dc.date.accessioned 2021-06-14T16:06:43Z
dc.date.available 2021-06-14T16:06:43Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.identifier.other HM1017 P66 2021
dc.identifier.uri http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/29571
dc.description 1 online resource (vi, 40 pages) : colour illustrations
dc.description Includes abstract.
dc.description Includes bibliographical references (pages 37-39).
dc.description.abstract During the COVID-19 pandemic, public health officials actively promoted messaging on quarantine, isolation, and social distancing to reduce viral transmission and keep people safe. This paper examines the possibility of spillover effects that isolation-oriented interventions may have in a non-physical domain, specifically digital behaviors. While users indeed spend more time online during the pandemic, this may also manifest as a meaningful change in digital behaviors—people are engaging less online. Evidence from four studies reveal that users are sharing less news content, commenting less on discussion boards, engaging less with popular social media accounts, and even changing their search query behavior to fulfill peripheral safety needs (i.e., anti-virus software) in the wake of the pandemic. This paper documents an unintended consequence of isolation rhetoric in health promotion and, by identifying changes to our digital behaviors, this paper suggests ways to develop interventions to bolster social connectedness and collective mental health. en_CA
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dc.language.iso en en_CA
dc.publisher Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University
dc.subject.lcc HM1017
dc.subject.lcsh Internet users -- Psychology
dc.subject.lcsh Social distancing (Public health)
dc.subject.lcsh Quarantine -- Psychological aspects
dc.subject.lcsh COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Social aspects
dc.subject.lcsh COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Psychological aspects
dc.title Digital quarantine : does social distancing lead to virtual distancing? en_CA
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thesis.degree.name Master of Applied Health Services Research
thesis.degree.level Masters
thesis.degree.discipline Applied Health Services Research
thesis.degree.grantor Saint Mary's University (Halifax, N.S.)
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