Social Quarantine
By Danielle M LeGare
Social Quarantine May 14, 2020
The Viral Spread of Fake News
This week on Social Quarantine, Danielle forces her husband, Brian Stewart, to participate in the podcast. Brian is a nurse in the cardiovascular intensive care unit at a hospital in Buffalo, NY. Because he is treating Covid-19 patients regularly, he is the perfect person to talk to about the misinformation and conspiracy theories that are currently being spread online. During the conversation, Danielle and Brian discuss what nurses experience every day vs. popular conspiracy theories.
This episode mentions:
COVID-19 and the 5G Conspiracy Theory: Social Network Analysis of Twitter Data by Wasim Ahmed, BA, MSc, PhD; Josep Vidal-Alaball, MD, PhD; Joseph Downing, BSc, MSc, PhD; Francesc López Seguí, MSc
(https://www.jmir.org/2020/5/e19458/)
Misinformation of COVID-19 on the Internet: Infodemiology Study by Jose Yunam Cuan-Baltazar, MB; Maria José Muñoz-Perez, MD; Carolina Robledo-Vega, MB; Maria Fernanda Pérez-Zepeda, MB; and Elena Soto-Vega, PhD
(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7147328/)
Social Media in Disaster Response by Liza Potts
(https://www.amazon.com/Social-Media-Disaster-Response-Participation/dp/0415817412)
New Workplace Networks: Building Relationships or Tearing Them Apart?
On this episode of Social Quarantine, Danielle phones Chris Seymour and Madeline Otero to talk about how their work networks and practices have changed as a result of the global pandemic. Chris is a commercial insurance account associate and Madeline is a 6th grade teacher. In addition to discussing their changing careers, we also chat about what it's like to work from home when you just moved into a small apartment with your significant other, cat, and dog.
Today's conversation is inspired by a book by Clay Spinuzzi called All Edge: Inside the New Workplace Networks. This book discusses the ways that workplaces have changed throughout the years, especially when it comes to how we communicate, collaborate and coordinate our work. While All Edge was published long before the Covid-19 crisis, so much of what Spinuzzi wrote is now more relevant than ever. We have all changed our lives with this pandemic. And for many of us, that includes how we interact with others and organize our work.
Check out Madeline's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8k-EhijW9RhQ_oTIMvVdSQ.
Professional Writing in Personal Spaces
In this episode of Social Quarantine, Danielle phones Zachary Lis to talk about how our workspaces and the objects within them influence and inspire professional and personal writing, especially during the COVID-19 crisis. Zach is an account manager and content creator at Account One Advertising. In his role, he frequently works with national retailers, such as Dick’s Sporting Goods, GNC and Garden of Life.
Today's conversation is inspired by a collection of essays called Rhetoric, Through Everyday Things, which was edited by Scott Barnett and Casey Boyle. Each essay in this book discusses and reflects upon the rhetorical meaning of objects and the power they possess. One essay that stands out in this collection is called “The Material Culture of Writing: Objects, Habitats, and Identities in Practice” by Cydney Alexis. In this piece, Alexis explores the meaning of the everyday objects in our writing spaces, and how these objects and materials have an impact on the way we work and our identity as writers.
Social Media During Social Distancing
For the very first episode of Social Quarantine, Danielle phones friend, Katie Africano, to talk about the role of social media during the COVID-19 crisis. Katie is a co-owner and photographer at Moonshine Studio of Photography, a freelance graphic designer, the cofounder of Buffablog, and the former art director at Account One Advertising. Today's conversation was inspired by Liza Potts' book, Social Media in Disaster Response: How Experience Architects Can Build for Participation.
Learn more about Moonshine Studio of Photography.