Revista Essachess Vol.14 nr.2 din 2021

Essachess. Public Relations and Communications during the Covid-19 Pandemic n The COVID-19 pandemic has provided rich learning opportunities for public communicators: from positive, and unfortunately too often, also from negative examples. From the difficulties of relaying scientific information to publics and political partisanship colliding with public health interests, to the misinfodemic (in particular, but not only, on social media) exacerbating the pandemic, to HR departments and managers struggling with the work-from-home dynamic: communicators around the globe were affected by, as well as affecting the repercussions of the pandemic. In this special edition, researchers from Belgium, Estonia, France, Morocco, Portugal and the UK explore impacts of the pandemic on media communication, internal and external communication of public as well as private sector organisations. They present studies and findings on the mediatization of science, the evolving role of institutional communication, organisational spirituality, the stakeholder perspective of internal publics, the role of solidarity communication and third places in urban centers. Together, they provide a fascinating and diverse view of academic engagement with an evolving topic of local as well as global significance. n n Din Cuprins: • Public Relations and Communications during the Covid-19 Pandemic • The Changing Role and Status of UK Government Communication during the Covid-19 Crisis • Communication et tiers lieux culturels pendant et apres le COVID-19. Vers une communication solidaire • Television Channels in the face of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Case of Public Television Channels in Morocco • Playing Digital Games in Post-retirement Life