Staying Informed and Bridging “Social Distance”: Smartphone News Use and Mobile Messaging Behaviors of Flemish Adults during the First Weeks of the COVID-19 Pandemic
The authors explore patterns of smartphone use during the first weeks following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in Belgium, focusing on citizens’ use of smartphones to consume news and to communicate and interact with others. Unique smartphone tracking data from 2,778 Flemish a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2020-09-01
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| Series: | Socius |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2378023120950190 |