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From Campus Closure to Campus Reopening: Strategies of American Universities to Avoid Social Crisis in COVID-19 CommunicationThis paper examines how the universities used their institutional websites as one of the key channels of COVID-19 communication and engagement of all participants of the educational process in the achievement of the set aims during the pandemic. The article investigates which communication strategies and tactics were implemented and what the verbal and nonverbal markers of the communication strategies and tactics are. It is assumed that universities generally implement the combination of strategies and tactics instead of realizing each one individually in order to cope with educational and social crisis and address such issues as inequality, social distancing, psychological problems, lack of communication and community.Od zamknięcia kampusu do jego ponownego otwarcia. Strategie uniwersytetów amerykańskich mające na celu uniknięcie kryzysu społecznego w komunikacji na temat COVID-19W niniejszym artykule zbadano, w jaki sposób uczelnie wykorzystywały swoje instytucjonalne strony internetowe jako jeden z kluczowych kanałów komunikacji i angażowania wszystkich uczestników procesu edukacyjnego w czasie pandemii COVID-19. Przedmiotem uwagi są wdrożone strategie i taktyki komunikacyjne, wraz z ich wyznacznikami werbalnymi i niewerbalnymi. Zakłada się, że uczelnie na ogół łączą różne strategie i taktyki zamiast realizować każdą z nich indywidualnie, tak aby poradzić sobie z kryzysem edukacyjnym i społecznym oraz zająć się takimi problemami, jak nierówności, dystans społeczny, problemy psychologiczne, brak komunikacji i wspólnoty.
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“Slavia Meridionalis” is an interdisciplinary journal publishing papers on literature, culture, history, ethnology and languages of southern Slavic countries, as well as their dynamic interactions with other regions. Each issue contains articles concerning a specific, pre-defined topic, which enables scholars of various disciplines (historians, literature and culture experts, linguists, sociologists, and anthropologists) to present in-depth analyses of their research questions. Our journal publishes papers written by distinguished Polish and foreign scholars, as well as young researchers – papers are published as long as they are of high scientific value. “Slavia Meridionalis” invites articles written in English, German, French, Spanish and Russian, but also in all Slavic languages, which ensures that papers reach various academic circles. Every paper in “Slavia Meridionalis” includes an abstract in Polish and English, as well as keywords. Apart from papers, our journal contains two other sections: reviews of important books in Slavic studies, and biographical notes on authors important for the field. We ensure the highest quality of our papers through a three-stage reviewing process: first, an article is reviewed by the members of the Editorial Board; subsequently, it must pass blind peer review; finally, it must be accepted by the evaluator responsible for a given issue.