Purpose

This paper analyzes Fang Fang's 2020 Wuhan Diary‐Dispatches from a Quarantined City, to show how the author communicates the coronavirus crisis in Wuhan in a global information ecosystem. The success of the diary showcases how the actual health emergency has been transformed into a communication issue.

Design/methodology/approach

This study is exploratory and qualitative in nature. The authors conducted a thematic analysis (TA) of Wuhan Diary, in which we decided to focus on the aspects of sousveillance and solidarity. For the purposes of our paper, we used the English translation of the text by Dr. Michael Berry.

Findings

The authors focus on two major themes in their exploration of the corona crisis as a global communication issue: sousveillance and solidarity. The authors argue that the diary's ways of seeing perform a version of “sousveillance” or “undersight” in juxtaposition to surveillance or “oversight” (Mann, 2017). Fang Fang calls for solidarity as an effective measure for individuals, communities and societies to contain the pandemic and a potential misinfodemic.

Originality/value

Since Wuhan was the early epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wuhan Diary presents an unprecedented narrative account of life under quarantine that could function as a litmus test for other cities and countries. Fang Fang's diary provides a countermeasure to official accounts of the pandemic in Wuhan, which has resonated both with people in China and abroad.

中文翻译：

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电晕危机编年史：方方的武汉日记（2020）作为监视行为

目的

本文分析方方的2020武汉日记——来自一个隔离城市的快讯，展示作者如何在全球信息生态系统中传达武汉的冠状病毒危机。日记的成功展示了实际的突发卫生事件是如何转变为沟通问题的。

设计/方法/方法

这项研究本质上是探索性和定性的。作者对《武汉日记》进行了专题分析（TA），其中我们决定将重点放在监视和团结方面。出于我们论文的目的，我们使用了 Michael Berry 博士对文本的英文翻译。

调查结果

作者在探索电晕危机作为全球传播问题时关注两个主要主题：sousveillance 和团结。作者认为，日记的观看方式是与监视或“监督”并列的“监视”或“洞察”版本（Mann，2017 年）。方方呼吁将团结作为个人、社区和社会遏制流行病和潜在的错误信息流行病的有效措施。

原创性/价值

由于武汉是 COVID-19 大流行的早期震中，《武汉日记》对隔离下的生活进行了前所未有的叙述性描述，可以作为对其他城市和国家的试金石。方方的日记为武汉大流行的官方报道提供了对策，这引起了国内外人士的共鸣。