As the COVID-19 pandemic brought fear and anxiety to people around the world, the Christian community is called to give witness to her hope in the risen Lord. Preaching is a major channel of this witness. The analysis of five Easter sermons, preached in April 2020 by pastors of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands, brings to the fore how an alarming contextual situation weighs in on the tone and content of Easter preaching in local churches. A lamenting mode of preaching was found, that voices local communities’ distress and strengthens hope, repeating the salvific message of Easter in the face of bewilderment and suffering. The analysis underscores and adds to homiletical theory on lament in preaching.

This paper examines the preaching at Washington National Cathedral as a response to the dual pandemic of COVID-19 and systemic racism in the United States. Drawing on research from over forty sermons from high church traditions and comparing it with analysis of sermons on Palm Sunday and Easter this paper will show how preachers in high church traditions, accustomed to preaching in the presence of eucharist, adapted their proclamation to respond to a virtual congregation and the absence of in-person communion. Then, the paper examines how Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde and Presiding Bishop Michael Curry further develop elements of eucharistic preaching in Pentecost and Trinity Sunday sermons to respond to the murder of George Floyd. Among other things, Budde and Curry’s sermons call for confession, evoke anamnesis, employ liturgical music, invite embodiment, and offer Christ as broken body and resurrected hope to target systemic racism. These sermonic examples show how the theology and rhetoric of the eucharistic liturgy can be a resource for preaching that more effectively confronts the challenges of a dual pandemic.

This paper considers the pastoral challenge of a diminished experience of liturgy and worship during the Covid-19 pandemic. It explores the ubiquity of the digital realm and a pervasive culture of consumerism as factors in addition to the pandemic contributing to the challenge. We then reflect on the challenge through the theological perspective of Scripture, sacramental theology, Vatican II teaching and liturgical theology before proposing a pastoral plan.

The research explored the public support towards the political communication carried out during COVID-19 in India. Through the means of a structured questionnaire based on Easton's dimensions of public support, responses were collected from 200 respondents, 100 each from the academic background of journalism and psychology. To determine the support towards the government performance during the crisis times based on the political communication done by the current regime in India. The results suggested that the public support is quite less from the respondents of journalism background. However, the psychology respondents showed relatively high support towards the political communication done by the Indian government in the COVID-19. It suggests that the public support is not one but scattered and also the academic background could play a major role in one's understanding of the political communication and lending of the support. The research demonstrated how respondents from different backgrounds show almost the opposite support towards political communication in the times of crisis. This gives out a good comparison and also concludes the public support. Keywords: COVID-19, pandemic, political communication, crisis communication, public support, India.

In March 2020, COVID-19 was announced as a pandemic, and the whole world was affected. Lockdown and restrictions happened in several nations, and populations were told to keep their distance and avoid public places such as clinics and hospitals. Nation after nation started to implement or increase telemedicine usage to continue providing healthcare. In South Korea, telemedicine was prohibited before the pandemic but is now temporarily allowed. In the USA, telemedicine has increased its usage by 4000% at NYU Langone Health. However, there have been benefits such as easy accessibility, cost-effectiveness, efficiency, and barriers such as technical issues, limited access, and low experience with technology. It has affected several populations such as the elderly, younger, low-income, and people living in rural areas. In this scoping review, COVID-19s impact telemedicine usage will be investigated as well as its benefits and barriers.

This written portion of my thesis chronicles my experience as director and producer of Visionary Futures: Science Fiction Theatre for Social Justice Movements, in collaboration with playwrights, activists, actors, designers, and a dramaturg. In this thesis, I explore the process of creating a meaningful thesis project during the Covid-19 pandemic. I discuss the idea of visionary fiction as created by adrienne maree brown and Walidah Imarisha and how to create theatre within that genre. This thesis chronicles the development and production of three new plays of visionary fiction that wrestle with contemporary social issues, all designed for digital performance. I share my process pairing each writer with an activist to create work that envisioned more just worlds while also being responsive to the current moment. I explore the opportunities and challenges of reimagining the generative writing process, making theatre within a digital medium, and being creative during a global pandemic. This thesis also includes the full text of each play and links to the recordings of the digital productions.

This study has sought answers through semi-structured qualitative interviews with MICE companies from a global perspective, about their experience and experience before and during Covid-19 to gain an insight into the effects of pandemics (Rwigema, P. C. 2020). The study has been based on interviews with nineteen respondents who work within MICE companies and to get the global perspective, the answers from 4 Zoom interviewers and 15 who answer the questionnaire, these people are from different countries.  The material collected has been analyzed together with the theoretical frame of reference which is Butler's TALC model to identify a destination's renewal phase where dramatic changes are made on all levels to give the destination new life and PESTEL framework to identify the various aspects the company uses in the process of Covid-19 effects (Rwigema 2020). Furthermore, the empirical material is also strengthened together with previous research on the main thematizations presented in this study.  The results of the study shed light on how MICE companies have been affected by Covid-19 and how they believe that the corona crisis can best be remedied (Roy, A., Suresh, P., & Nirmal, S. S. 2020). The study shows the extent to which MICE companies have been affected by the pandemic and the obstacles they have encountered along the way. The different parts of the result are in line with the theoretical frame of reference described together with the empirical material of the study.  The more in-depth analysis of the material from the interviews also shows that this type of study can provide additional information in aspects that play a major role in future further studies in the subject as this situation is in an ongoing constant change and development phase. In addition, it is important to mention that this study's focus is to place weight in the survey material based on the conditions that the time frame prior to the survey has provided space for. Several aspects are highlighted during the course of the study, which we believe may play a significant role in further research. The final decision-making in delimitations this study has had, therefore, provides additional scope for further research on the subject. (Roy, A., Suresh, P., & Nirmal, S. S. 2020) / Denna studie har sökt svar genom intervjuer med respondenter från MICE företag i olika länder, för att från företagets perspektiv höra om deras upplevelse och erfarenhet innan och under Covid-19 och få en inblick kring pandemins effekter (Rwigema, P. C. 2020). Studien har byggts på strukturerade (mail intervjuer) samt semistrukturerad (inspelade intervjuer via zoom) med en kvalitativ ansats. Sammanlagt har nitton respondenter som arbetar inom MICE företag deltagit i studien, 4 Zoom intervjuer och 15 mail intervjuer. För att få med det globala perspektivet är svaren från respondenterna som deltog i studien från olika länder. Materialet som samlats in har analyserats tillsammans med den teoretiska referensramen som är Butlers TALC modell för att identifiera en destinations förnyelse fas där dramatiska förändringar på alla plan görs för att ge destinationen nytt liv, PESTEL ramverk har använts för att identifiera de olika aspekter som företaget använder sig av i processen av Covid-19 effekter (Rwigema 2020). samt GAP som ett analysverktyg till teorin. Vidare stärks det empiriska materialet även tillsammans med tidigare forskning kring de huvudsakliga tematiseringar som framställts i denna studie.  Studiens resultat belyser hur MICE företag påverkats av Covid-19 och hur de anser att corona krisen bäst kan avhjälpas. Studien visar i vilken utsträckning MICE företagen har påverkats av pandemin och vilka hinder de mött på vägen. Resultatets olika delar går i linje med den teoretiska referensramen tillsammans med studiens empiriska material. Den mer djupgående analysen av materialet från intervjuerna visar även att denna typ av studie kan ge ytterligare information i aspekter som spelar en stor roll i kommande vidare studier i ämnet då denna situation är i en pågående ständig förändring och utvecklingsfas. Därutöver är det viktigt att nämna att denna studie har som fokus att lägga tyngd i undersökningens material utifrån de förutsättningar tidsramen inför undersökningen har gett utrymme för. Flera aspekter uppmärksammas under studiens gång vilket vi anser kan ha en betydande roll i vidare forskning. Det slutliga beslutstagandet i avgränsningar denna studie har, ger därför ytterligare utrymme att forska vidare i ämnet. (Roy, A., Suresh, P., & Nirmal, S. S. 2020)

Coronapandemin har skapat stora konsekvenser för världens befolkning och i Sverige har restriktioner och rekommendationer införts som begränsat människors liv. Tidigare forskning gällande livskvalitet under pandemin har bedrivits utanför Sverige med kvantitativa mätinstrument. Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka upplevd livskvalitet i Sverige under pendemin. Tolv individer, varav sex män och sex kvinnor, mellan 20-52 år med olika sysselsättningar medverkade. Semistrukturerade intervjuer användes vid insamlingen av data och tematisk analys användes vid databearbetningen. Resultatet visade att det sociala livet förändrats, mer tid spenderats i hemmet och att livsstilen blivit mer stillasittande. Det fanns även en större förväntan att kunna leda sig själv i form av att skapa rutiner. Nära relationer och betydelsefulla fritidsaktiviteter ökade livskvaliteten under pandemin medan den begränsade rörligheten i samhället minskade livskvaliteten. Studiens slutsats var att individens förmåga till anpassning avgjorde hur livskvaliteten upplevdes under pandemin. Vidare forskning föreslogs studera livskvaliteten över tid under pandemin.

2020 was the year a pandemic hit the world. Along with that, media was swamped with information about death numbers, epidemiological facts, and an urge to inform people on the current situation. The information campaigns by the Austrian government were no exception. Highlighted in these campaigns were children, especially when it came to the relationship with grandparents or presenting how to keep distance through the display of a baby elephant. A visual analysis of information campaigns was conducted in order to find out how children were presented in these campaigns and to further identify what messages were conveyed in relation to children. Four themes emerged during the research process that gave answers to the research questions posed. The results show that children were shown in relation to their grandparents or their family. Moreover, they were often used to present innocence and in need of protection, but paradoxically also as socially responsible over the health and well-being of the older generation. Often so, they were used mimicking the voice of the initiators of the campaign “Look after yourself, look after me” and even used in relation to distance keeping where a child in a baby elephant costume “taught” adults how to keep distance. Research on children’s representation in media in relation to a pandemic is rather slim and there is an urgent need to gain more knowledge in this area, since this would broaden the awareness of how children are represented and seen by a society the reside within.

The purpose of this study is to find out which leadership styles are effective during the COVID-19 pandemic in India. In this study, the term “effective leadership styles” is used for defining the efficiency level of a leadership style in COVID-19 pandemic. Efficiency level refers to the constructive results which companies could reach due to a specific leadership style. During the pandemic, the main constructive result is the surviving in the market. It has been heavy heartedly witnessed that how dreadful COVID-19 turned out to be. It has affected the whole world. After the great recession that occurred in COVID-19 turned out to be most fatal for whole world economy. It has been seen that difficult for all the businesses to survive. To do so the whole role was of leadership. It was on the leaders whether if they led their company and their followers in right directions or vice versa. It has been seen many well reputed companies have been shedding their costs by downsizing. The proposed study aims to see the role of leadership during this crucial time of COVID-19. Design/methodology/approach — 120 structured questionnaires consisting of 14 statements were distributed to Indian IT companies through online channels such as LinkedIn and WhatsApp. The analysis was performed on the data collected using SPSS. Theoretical Framework — From reviewing the literature about leadership styles, 7 leadership styles have been highlighted as the theoretical basis for our study. The questionnaire has been developed based on the 7 styles. Results – Our study found out that during the pandemic Instruct-style, Transformational, Autocratic, and Strategic leadership styles have high level of effectiveness, and such styles are helping companies to cope with the crisis created by Covid-19 pandemic. Meanwhile our analysis showed that the Transactional, Laissez-Faire, and Democratic styles are not very effective during the crisis. Thus, our study discovered that during the crisis leaders need to take more autocratic role and give very clear instructions to employees. Study provides useful insights for academicians and marketers to device strategies by understanding the factors that portray how leaders can lead their employees in crucial times like COVID-19.