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Masks and emotional distance: a visual study of human relationships in the Covid-19 pandemic

Autores

NAVAZO OSTUA, PABLO, PÉREZ VALENCIA, FRANCISCO JOSÉ

Publicación externa

No

Medio

Vis. Stud.

Alcance

Article

Naturaleza

Científica

Cuartil JCR

Cuartil SJR

Impacto SJR

0.256

Fecha de publicacion

29/04/2022

Scopus Id

2-s2.0-85129680188

Abstract

This study addresses the social impact of the pandemic in terms of its effects on communication and emotion in spaces of everyday domestic activity. The aim is to visually and formally portray the personal, professional and citizen reality in the daily use of face masks. The analysis includes the adoption, advocacy or resistance to them, through various representative characters of different, referential social sectors. The effect of masks on communication and emotional relationships is explored through photo portraits and qualitative interviews developed in a small community in Southern Spain. This work seeks to better understand the communicative, personal and social consequences of such preventive measures. © 2022 International Visual Sociology Association.