COMMUNICATION IN SOCIAL DISTANCING: THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN COMMUNICATION TO OVERCOME SOCIAL ISOLATION

Abstract

Social distancing aims to reduce interactions between people in the wider community, where individuals may have been infected or are carriers but have not been identified so as not to be isolated. The impact of social distancing is social isolation due to reduced social interaction. Related to social distancing issues as the impact of infectious disease outbreak has the potential to cause social isolation, it is known that the development of information and communication technology can overcome social and spatial barriers of social interaction by enabling easier communication processes. The results revealed that the development of technology has an important role as a medium of communication in social distancing problems as the impact of infectious disease outbreak has the potential to cause social isolation.