Spit bubbles, speech bubbles, and COVID-19: creating comics in the age of post-infection India.

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2022-07-01 Epub Date: 2022-02-20 DOI:10.1080/17453054.2022.2037408

Partha Bhattacharjee, Priyanka Tripathi

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Abstract

Positioning this essay at intersection of comics studies, visual literacy studies, and information literacy studies, we investigate an interdisciplinary liaison between crisis in the age of COVID-19 and its awareness campaign through Indian comics. With a focus on awareness programme, Indian artists designed comics to demonstrate their vital position in social engagement through this visual medium. Following impending threats and growing concerns, people of all ages glued themselves to social media, newspapers, and television to keep them updated on the impact of COVID-19. Indian comics e.g. Nagraj Strikes: The Attack of Coronaman (2020), Priya's Mask (2020), Kids, Vaayu, and Corona: Who Wins the Fight? (2020), and 'Be aware of Droplets & Bubbles!!' (2020) aimed to help children comprehend the precautionary steps to be taken to save themselves from getting infected with Coronavirus. While the first three comics showcase spit-bubbles primarily as the source of COVID-19, infusing the content with a tinge of superhero fantasy, 'Be aware of Droplets & Bubbles!!' (2020) unveils the microbiological evolution and mutation of the pathogen in comics format. The objective of the article is to show how Indian comics on COVID-19 can be an advantageous communicative medium to nurture knowledge and edutainment in post-infection India.

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吐泡泡、说话泡泡和COVID-19:在感染后的印度创作漫画。

将本文定位于漫画研究、视觉素养研究和信息素养研究的交叉点，我们研究了COVID-19时代的危机与通过印度漫画开展的意识运动之间的跨学科联系。印度艺术家以提高认识为重点，设计漫画，通过这种视觉媒介展示他们在社会参与中的重要地位。面对迫在眉睫的威胁和日益加剧的担忧，所有年龄段的人都紧紧盯着社交媒体、报纸和电视，随时了解COVID-19的最新影响。印度漫画，如Nagraj Strikes: The Attack of Coronaman (2020)， Priya's Mask (2020)， Kids, Vaayu和Corona:谁赢了这场战斗?(2020)，以及“注意水滴和气泡!!”(2020年)旨在帮助儿童了解为避免感染冠状病毒而应采取的预防措施。虽然前三部漫画主要将吐泡泡作为COVID-19的来源，但在内容中注入了一丝超级英雄的幻想，“注意水滴和泡泡!!”(2020)以漫画的形式揭示了病原体的微生物进化和突变。这篇文章的目的是展示关于COVID-19的印度漫画如何成为一种有利的交流媒介，在感染后的印度培养知识和寓教于乐。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.