The Media In Covid Times by Íris Ferreira

THE MEDIA IN COVID TIMES 10º D`S SCHOOL MAGAZINE, 2021

SOLIDARITY ACTIONS IN A PANDEMIC ERA

2021

WARNINGS AND MESSAGES

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INDEX INDEX Editors' Note ----------------------------- 3 Digital technologies being used to face the pandemic -------------------------------- 5 Solidarity actions in a pandemic era -------- 13 Human-dog relationships during the Covid19 pandemic ---------------------------- 23 Webbing in pandemic times --------------- 31 Warnings and messages ----------------- 40 Acknowledgements ---------------------- 45 2

Editors' note

During the lockdown, people are struggling with all sort of problems. This magazine was made to help you get through it and it gives you a new perspective of life right now. The editorial team: Inês Subtil, Iris Ferreira, Laura Sidea and Marta Franca 3

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Digital technologies being used to face the pandemic Introduction

The year 2020 should have been the start of an exciting decade in medicine and science, with the development and maturation of several digital technologies that can be applied to tackle major clinical problems and diseases. Meanwhile, the world continues to rely on classic publichealth measures for tackling the COVID19 pandemic, in 2020. But there is now a wide range of digital technology that can be used to augment and enhance these public-health strategies. The past decade has allowed the development of a multitude of digital tools. Now they can be used to remediate the COVID-19 outbreak.

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The Improvements “The coronavirus, most We can find some known by COVID-19 opportunities stemming created a world pandemic from the use of digital that has exerted a technology in response tremendous impact on to COVID-19, including the tourism industry teleworking, reducing worldwide, affecting the the digital divide, economy of many ensuring education and countries in the world. As learning. Most of these the pandemic progressed, ideas are being numerous technologies implemented in many have been used and countries. In conclusion, developed in this period we can say that the of time” appearance of coronavirus made the technologies improve, giving people new ways to live.

Techs and devices we can no longer live without

Technology and devices, such as mobile phones, computers, TVs, among other devices, assist us in obtaining and analyzing data in real time. With that information, we can monitor our interventions, as well as the evolution of the pandemic. In addition, technology allows remote work, which alleviates the negative impact of social detachment on our economy. For example: children started taking online classes and, to get a little distracted, as they can't socialize, they tend to play online games or watch movies and series. 7

Human Rights

“Human rights must be integral to any digital response within or beyond the COVID-19 crisis. They must be protected online and offline and citizens must feel safe in the both the real and virtual worlds. Digital rights including access to affordable and accessible internet, data privacy, accessible and accurate information, and open, transparent and ethical digital standards should be the norm, even in times of crisis.

Participants of the session stressed that human rights have to be integrated into any social or public health response to the crisis and that when using technology, authorities must strive to be as open and as transparent as possible. Within this context, it was stressed that data should be considered a public good and that access to information is key to keeping the virus from spreading.”

Prejudices for the future

“269 articles discuss the main effects that were produced from digital technology use during the COVID‐19 pandemic and were sorted into four subcategories. The primary activity subcategories are Healthcare, Education, Daily use, and Telework. Each subcategory has a list of generalized activities and the number next to them indicates the number of articles that the activity was present in.

The reigning effects found in our rapid review are related to technology's capacity to reduce the transmission of the virus and alter how we operate to become remote. For example, Cai & Cai discussed the ways that VR + 5G were used at a university hospital in Zhejiang, China to “cut the infection rate of medical staff on the front line of the COVID‐19 epidemic.” 9

Meanwhile, Wang reviewed the ways that Taiwan used digital technology to effectively respond as a society to the pandemic and compared it to their 2003 SARS experience. The results indicated that the digital solutions they implemented during COVID‐19 significantly protected and supported public health. Notice the effort to produce effects such as “delivering care at a distance” and “continuing education in context with safe distancing”.

Also, a further general effect of technology use during the pandemic was the transformation of turning offline tasks into online activities. While not all effects required this transformation and were previously being done digitally, there were a significant number of effects that would not have been achieved without this transformation.”

Conclusion All sectors of society have a role in ensuring that we leave no one and no place behind. In the current and post response to COVID-19, it will be essential for Local and Regional Governments to foster innovative partnerships with civil society and the private sector, to address and progressively close the digital divide. Through these partnerships we can build from this crisis, making access to technology the new normal. Also, Local and Regional Governments must keep in mind that digital technologies are only a means to an end and not an end in themselves. The objective of using technology is that it can be used to help reduce inequalities, lower the risk of spreading the virus, and ease access to public services during the crisis. “In this regard, the participants of the Live Learning Experience stressed that technology should be seen as an enabler that permits all stakeholders to collaborate in combating inequality and COVID-19 and shouldn't to infringe citizens’ digital rights in doing so. Reporters: Madalena Bordadágua, Diogo Caetano, Amir Ajij, Mafalda Simão Sources: (click the link) 11

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All for one and one for all Solidarity actions in a pandemic era

During the hard times we all are going through, an act of solidarity can really make a difference in someone’s life. And, in fact, we all can help, because what seems small to us may mean a lot to the person we are helping. With that in mind, all around the world, many organizations and independent groups of people have got their act together and have started helping hospitals, health professionals and people that have lost their jobs due to the pandemic or that are struggling to support their families.

These acts of kindness deserve to be recognised, so we decided to compile some of them here and also present to you some things YOU can do to improve your life and the life of the others around you in these unpleasant times. 13

Solidarity Actions Around The World United Nations Foundation

The United Nations is «the go-to partner for the United Nations, bringing together the ideas, people and resources it needs to drive global progress and tackle urgent problems». Along with other important organizations, they developed the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. Since March 2020, over 633,000 individuals, philanthropies and corporations from 190 countries have donated more than US$236 million to this fund, which has been used to deliver personal protective equipment, testing kits and other medical supplies or for research on potential COVID-19 treatments, diagnostics and vaccines.

Portugal

Portugal has not stayed far behind. The Egas Moniz Hospital has delivered 1,500 swabs to the National Health Service, 3,500 masks to the Garcia de Orta Hospital and 800 tubes for ventilators to ARSLVT.

Also, the company Globalmoza produced 3,000 visors and 325 supports for the protection of health professionals in the Military Hospital, field hospitals, the SNS and ARSs. Additionally, Portugal also had several projects like “Neighbours at the Window”, “Solidary Bed” and “Solidary Computer”. 15

Helping Neighbours and School Friends

During quarantine is always important to protect not only ourselves but also protect the ones around us. Helping them is a great way of encouraging them in these difficult times and there are many things we can do to support friends or neighbours:

Share your extra supplies

If you’re not going through difficulties in these times, be charitable. If you have extra products, share those boons with those who are struggling!

Reach out to your friends

Loneliness can affect our mental health, so make sure your friends don’t feel down, keeping in touch via Skype, Hangouts or Zoom. This way, you are enjoying yourselves while staying safe.

Be a good neighbour

Vulnerable next-doors might need someone to help them out with their groceries or medical appointments and your time and effort could be a big help to one of those people. So this app, Help Map, it was developed and it’s the right place to mark yourself as someone who is available to help neighbors. 17

Improving Life at Home

As you could see, you can always be helpful to your friends and neighbours, but there are also people you don’t know needing support. Volunteering and donating

A very popular way - that you probably already know Look after your about - of helping people feelings during the pandemic is volunteering. In addition, We have never gone you can also donate through something like either supplies (food, this before and we don’t blankets, clothes...) or really know how to react money to groups and to it, so our feelings may organizations that will change a lot and quickly. forward them to where You know yourself better they are most needed. than anyone, so listen to the signals and take care of your health (physical and mostly mental)! 18

Write a journal

Writing is a great way of dealing with the feelings this new situation may bring to you, other than registering this story to tell it to your children and grandchildren. So listen to our advice and start writing a journal!

Get organized

Learn something new

Now that you have more time than ever, this is your opportunity to improve your cognitive abilities while having fun and learning a new thing. You can, for example, learn a new language. You have a lot of apps that will help you do that, like Duolingo, Memrise and Babbel.

Getting organized is often the first step to become a healthier version of yourself because it allows you to figure out what are the things that you really need. Small changes will help you keep your life a little bit more in order and lighter. 19

Accomplish your goals

Where is that book you wanted to read but you never had time for? Or the project to create a little indoor garden that you never had the opportunity to accomplish? Now that you have to stay home, it’s the perfect time to do all those things. Give those projects a shot, you won’t regret it!

Cook it yourself

Many people don’t have the time to make themselves meals, preferring instead to order fast food or buy a pre-made meal and put it in the microwave. So, take some time and try to cook dinner for your family, it's always nice to hear some compliments about your amazing cooking skills!

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There’s always a light at the end of the tunnel

In conclusion, these times are hard for everyone. If you have the chance to help others, do it! You only have something to gain. However, don’t forget to look after yourself and the ones you love and don’t be discouraged! Even if you’re stuck at home, there’s a lot of things that you can do and that will help you to keep yourself entertained. Remember that there’s still a world outside and after this pandemic goes away, you’ll still have a life to live. You will come back better than ever, we're sure of it! Reporters: Martina Castanheira, Maria Inês Rocha, Inês Prazeres, Sara Pinheiro and Ricardo Rocha. Sources: (click the link)

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Four-legged friends Throughout the centuries the relationships between animals and humans have been evolving and, some of those animals, became our best friends (especially during the Covid-19 pandemic). People shouldn’t tag animals with prices, because they can be as loyal as humans, or even more. In this article we will be discussing this theme (focused primarily on dogs). How animals are important to us; how we can improve their lives; what they feel during the pandemic; what are the best ways to improve the Human-dog relationship and so many other things.

Adoption and abandonment in Portugal during the pandemic

The situation of abandonment and adoption of animals varies greatly from country to country, but in Portugal the situation was not initially encouraging. Many animals were found abandoned in the first 6 months of 2020. And, unfortunately, the known figures are only a part of it. It is still necessary to count the animals abandoned in associations and kennels, and those who have simply been left on their own out in the open. Fortunately, there are several associations that are trying to fight abandonment. Some people are adopting animals (because they need company) helping to give abandoned animals a new home. Perhaps it will be possible to “decrease” the drop-out rate and increase the adoption rate this year, in Portugal. 24

Benefits of adopting an animal Depending on the animal that you adopt, the advantages change. Some animals can be very good fellows and open new possibilities for you to be able to reinvent yourself. On the other side, there are animals which are not as sociable but it has its advantages: we can spend more time away from home because they don’t need constant care or attention. They reduce your stress and anxiety levels.

It is scientifically proven that people who own an animal have lower levels of stress. Even though they can’t talk, animals have the extraordinary ability of making us feel calm! These little friends are able to reduce the blood pressure, the cholesterol and triglyceride levels just with their presence, providing a better and happier life to their owners. 25

They encourage being outdoors and keep you fit

Do you want to exercise but you feel lazy? Having a pet, such as a dog, may help you with that. These kinds of animals need daily walks to stay happy and healthy and, even though, staying on the couch all day seems to be a better option we also need to get some air, to see the sun and of course, to keep ourselves active.

They improve your immune system

We cannot deny the fact that our little friends allow the entrance of germs and bacteria into our homes, but this is not always a bad thing! Studies have proved that these germs and bacteria help you improve your immune system. This way, children who grow up with animals around have less chances to get sick and experience fewer infections.

They make you more responsible

Having a pet is not just having fun and playing with them, it also has a lot of responsibilities. Having an animal requires a lot of time and effort. You have to feed them, clean their cages, take them to the vet… And yes, it seems a lot, but these tasks will make you more responsible and seeing your little friend happy makes it all worth it. You will never feel lonely

If you have a problem with loneliness, get a pet and your lonely days will be over. Animals are great partners! They love spending time with their owners and always try to make them feel good. And do you know what is the best part? They never get tired of it! They stay by your side no matter what and always make you feel safe, so make sure you treat them well, with a lot of kindness because they deserve it. 27

How to entertain an animal Well, it is clear that our pets need a lot of attention and sometimes we cannot provide it. Due to the pandemic, we are spending most of our time at home, but we still need to focus on work or things we have to study, and having our pets begging for attention can distract us a little bit. So here are three tips to keep them entertained! Toys

It is no mystery that pets enjoy playing, so giving them toys is a good way to keep them distracted. This way you will have the peace you need to focus on your work.

Noise

In order to keep our animals happy and healthy, is important to talk with them. So, when you can’t be with them, turn on some music or even the radio, so they don’t feel lonely.

Hiding treats

It’s an interesting way to keep our pets busy and win some time to do your things. But make sure you hide a reasonable amount of food.

Healthy homemade pet food recipes

Homemade kibble is far beyond simply being homemade food to give your pets. It consists in not feeding them processed food with any chemical additives. The ration must also be balanced in the right proportions established by a nutritionist according to the species, age, breed, lifestyle and health. It can or not be cooked, contain or not bones and must be properly supplemented according to the necessity of each individual. Saying this, it's very important to keep tracking the animal, in need of making some changes and to adapt to the given response.

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Webbing in pandemic times Introduction Social networks have been used by loads of people in the world since they were created. Especially when the pandemic started, they gained a lot more use from people all around the globe, and a lot more apps and sites were discovered. With the duty of staying home, people started to give voice to their beliefs through the internet.

And of course work couldn’t stop, so most adults started working at a distance and the students started having online classes.

Social networks Social networks can help us get distracted,talking with other people or even working. But it is also important to have limits and pauses, so the use of it doesn't become prejudicial. Apps that we recommend to spend the time, and forget for a little bit all the bad things happening in the world, or simply to keep in touch with our loved ones: Instagram

It has a lot of memes, aesthetics and motivation to improve our lifestyles,and videos or cute pics of adorable animals.

Twitter

The place where all the important subjects of the contemporary world like homophobia, feminism, xenophobia, etc are talked about.

Youtube

The platform of videos that approach different themes for very type of personality. There, we have from educational content to the weirdest videos.

Nowadays, almost everyone has WhatsApp, so at any time we can talk with or without video with our family or friends through it.

BUT NOT EVERYTHING IS PERFECT.

It is normal that the use of social media increases in times of pandemic ,but it isn’t normal that we don’t get conscious about it. To improve the quality of our lifestyle we should reduce the hours passed in front of a screen by doing other things like reading, drawing or spending time with our family.

Examples of different experiences of social networking The effects of students' social networking experience

Students were positive toward using SNSs (Social Networking Services) for educational purposes but may not be ready to substitute traditional aspects. Positive correlations between the intensity of using SNSs and students' perceptions of using SNSs for educational purposes were identified.

College students' social networking experiences on Facebook

Millions of contemporary young adults use social networking sites. In this study, 92 undergraduates completed a daily-like measure each day for a week and, at the end of the week, they also completed a follow-up survey. Results indicated that students use Facebook approximately 30 min throughout the day as part of their daily routine. Lately there have been important issues spoken about on the media such Xenophobia: Xenophobia is fear, aversionas:or

profound antipathy towards foreigners, mistrust towards people who come from outside your country with a different culture, habit, race or religion. 35

Some other important issues also being spoken about on the media:

Black Lives Matter(BLM): Black lives matter is an international activist movement, originating in the African American community and the BLM community regularly organizes protests. Feminism: Feminism is a set of political, social movements, ideologies and philosophies that have a common goal: equal rights and a human experience through female empowerment and the liberation of patriarchal standards, based on gender norms.

Working at a distance Working at a distance it's not easy! Since the global pandemic started people had to start new routines especially while in quarantine. Students from all around the world and adults with jobs capable of being carried at a distance started working home. These are some of the platforms used:

ZOOM This platform allows people to do meetings and present your screen to the other people that are present in the meeting. GOOGLE MEETS Meets is a platform where you can do and schedule meetings, just like presenting your screen and talking to everyone else. 37

MICROSOFT TEAMS Teams that not only can realize meetings but can also work as a platform like Google Classroom. GOOGLE CLASSROOM A platform where you can share PowerPoints and PDFs and you can also mark/receive assignments. Small businesses Of course working at a distance it’s not easy for everyone. Especially for people that had just started a small business when we all got quarantined. And as small businesses were spread on the media getting more recognizement, more small businesses started to appear, helping people that had possibly just lost their jobs, or were unemployed. Reporters: Mónica Afonso, Martim Paiva and Patricia Galvão. Sources: (click the link) 38

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Covid Behind Screens World Warnings

Nowadays technology is very useful and commun for the days in this quarantine. It’s the only way to keep in touch with friends and family, being with messages or calls. But what are the true warnings and messages that we should care about too? Covid Worldwide

Since the beginning of the pandemic 117 700 447 cases have been reported. Sadly, 2 612 891 people died from the virus. It started a year ago in China. Before it was known everywhere, the scientists who were investigating this disease tried to hide it from the population, but the cases started to increase a lot and some weeks later the coronavirus was everywhere. 40

America

USA is the worst country: the numbers are around 29 189 180 cases since the beginning of the pandemic and unfortunately, 527 352 people died. In São Bartolomeu, the number of active cases is close to 638, and the number of deaths recorded to date was 1. Europe

In the old continent, the most affected country is France with 3 906 363 cases confirmed and 88 811 deaths.The least affected country in Europe is Liechtenstein with 2 594 confirmed cases and 55 people died. Asia

In India, the worst nation in Asia, it registered 11 262 707 cases, the number of deaths is around 158 063 registered so far. In Butan, according to the registry, 868 cases registered until today, and only 1 citizen died. 41

Africa

In South Africa, only 1,522,697 of active cases are recorded, in cases of death, only 50,906 are recorded. In Sará Ocidental only 10 cases were registered. In cases of death only 1 citizen is registered. Oceania

The nation with the most cases in Oceania is Australia. They registered 29 075 cases so far, and 909 people died. In Papua New Guinea, only 1,761 cases were registered, in cases of death, only 16 people died. 42

So, what kind of messages do teens need to receive?

As kids grow up they hit a mark of “teenaging”. This era is incredibly hard, teens are in a process of change. With the hormones jumping around, young people get rebellious. YOU must think about yourself in a selfless way. By protecting yourself, you protect everyone. How do you deal with the anxiety that this is provoking?

You are not alone. Everyone is having a hard time, so use that time to help others, by being altruistic. Be responsible!

Everyone has responsibility in this pandemic. Stay safe, don’t share objects, but share your mind by helping others. 43

Conclusion

Clearly, Covid is a big problem to society. As a young boy or a young girl, you have an important role in helping get this straight. Students are in the middle of the greatest contagious place - the school. So, be safe and think about yourself. That way, you’re also caring about others!

Reporters: André Ribeiro, Henrique Ferreira, Eduardo Almeida, Hélder Tavares and Frederico Marques. Sources: (click the link) 44

Acknowledgements We would like to thank all the nurses and doctors in the fornt line of this fight against Covid-19, as well as to the rest of the medical personal involved. Lastly, we're also taking this moment to thank our classmates and our English teacher, for giving us the opportunity to materialize this project and to spread awareness. Stay safe! Access the ESRamada's digital library here!

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