COVID-19, Communication and Culture: Beyond the Global Workplace

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.