LAUGHING IN TIMES OF CRISIS: INFORMATION AND RESILIENCE COMMUNICATION IN SENEGAL Cover Image

RIRE EN TEMPS DE CRISE : L’INFORMATION ET LA COMMUNICATION DE RESILIENCE AU SENEGAL
LAUGHING IN TIMES OF CRISIS: INFORMATION AND RESILIENCE COMMUNICATION IN SENEGAL

Author(s): Patrice Correa
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theory of Communication, Health and medicine and law
Published by: UNIVERSITATEA »ȘTEFAN CEL MARE« SUCEAVA
Keywords: information; communication; laughter; Covid 19 pandemic; resilience;

Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on laughter as a form of information, communication, and resilience resource in a crisis context. Indeed, the Covid 19 pandemic caused widespread panic across the world and forced states and communities to find resources to deal with its many consequences. In this context, in Senegal, information and communication have been a form of resilience to de-dramatize an extreme anxiety.

  • Issue Year: 18/2022
  • Issue No: 34
  • Page Range: 311-322
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: French