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Publication date: 30 November 2010

Emma Angus

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Online Information Review, vol. 34 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1468-4527

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Publication date: 14 August 2021

Antonia Sorge, Federica Bassanini, Jennifer Zucca and Emanuela Saita

This study aims to explore the psychological effects of lockdown during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic on people living in an Italian prison. The suspension of family…

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This study aims to explore the psychological effects of lockdown during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic on people living in an Italian prison. The suspension of family visits and most activities, along with the difficulties in applying social distancing to this vulnerable population was associated with increased psychological distress. Riots broke out over two days in more than 22 prisons across Italy at the beginning of March 2020, highlighting the negative psychological impact of the pandemic and the country’s emergency policies.

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The research involves 17 men (Italians and foreigners) detained in a Lombardy prison from 1 March to 4 May 2020, corresponding to the lockdown phase in Italy. The qualitative content analysis (CA) of 27 posts, written by participants during that period and published on the blog “L’Oblò”, were analysed. The analysis allowed the identification of topics and subtopics that are related to two major categories of content: cognitions and emotional connotations about the COVID-19 lockdown in prison.

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Analysis showed that blog post content was predominately negative in terms of emotional connotations. The most frequent coded negative emotional connotations were: missing, worry, psychological pain and fear, whilst the most frequent coded positive emotional connotations were: hope and gratitude for the support they received from prison workers. The rest of the blog content was coded as “cognitions”. Cognitions were coded as descriptions of lockdown effect on detention; prison during the COVID-19 emergency; the pandemic situation in general; and comparison between inside and outside prison.

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The current study is original as it describes through blog CA the psychological condition of prisoners during the first COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in the most affected region in Italy.

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International Journal of Prisoner Health, vol. 17 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1744-9200

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Publication date: 26 April 2011

Linda Peh

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Program, vol. 45 no. 2
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ISSN: 0033-0337

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Online Information Review, vol. 36 no. 6
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ISSN: 1468-4527

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Publication date: 2 October 2007

Jane Secker

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Program, vol. 41 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0033-0337

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Online Anti-Rape Activism: Exploring the Politics of the Personal in the Age of Digital Media
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ISBN: 978-1-83867-442-7

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Publication date: 9 May 2023

Volker Stocker, William Lehr and Georgios Smaragdakis

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the ‘real’ world and substantially impacted the virtual world and thus the Internet ecosystem. It has caused a significant exogenous shock that…

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The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the ‘real’ world and substantially impacted the virtual world and thus the Internet ecosystem. It has caused a significant exogenous shock that offers a wealth of natural experiments and produced new data about broadband, clouds, and the Internet in times of crisis. In this chapter, we characterise and evaluate the evolving impact of the global COVID-19 crisis on traffic patterns and loads and the impact of those on Internet performance from multiple perspectives. While we place a particular focus on deriving insights into how we can better respond to crises and better plan for the post-COVID-19 ‘new normal’, we analyse the impact on and the responses by different actors of the Internet ecosystem across different jurisdictions. With a focus on the USA and Europe, we examine the responses of both public and private actors, with the latter including content and cloud providers, content delivery networks, and Internet service providers (ISPs). This chapter makes two contributions: first, we derive lessons learned for a future post-COVID-19 world to inform non-networking spheres and policy-making; second, the insights gained assist the networking community in better planning for the future.

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Beyond the Pandemic? Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on Telecommunications and the Internet
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ISBN: 978-1-80262-050-4

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Publication date: 12 June 2015

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Current Issues in Libraries, Information Science and Related Fields
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ISBN: 978-1-78441-637-9

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Publication date: 21 March 2008

Margot Lindsay

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Library Review, vol. 57 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0024-2535

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Publication date: 2 October 2007

Brenda Chawner

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Online Information Review, vol. 31 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1468-4527

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