Pandemic in the digital age: analyzing WhatsApp communication behavior before, during, and after the COVID-19 lockdown

Abstract The strict restrictions introduced by the COVID-19 lockdowns, which started from March 2020, changed people’s daily lives and habits on many different levels. In this work, we investigate the impact of the lockdown on the communication behavior in the mobile instant messaging application Wh...

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Main Authors: Anika Seufert, Fabian Poignée, Tobias Hoßfeld, Michael Seufert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2022-04-01
Series:Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-022-01161-0