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Multimodal Representation of Hygiene Practices in Nigeria Under the COVID-19 Pandemic

Multimodal Representation of Hygiene Practices in Nigeria Under the COVID-19 Pandemic

Simon Shachia Oryila, Philip Chike Chukwunonso Aghadiuno
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 32
ISBN13: 9781799889151|ISBN10: 1799889157|EISBN13: 9781799889168
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8915-1.ch002
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Oryila, Simon Shachia, and Philip Chike Chukwunonso Aghadiuno. "Multimodal Representation of Hygiene Practices in Nigeria Under the COVID-19 Pandemic." Building Resilient Healthcare Systems With ICTs, edited by Patrick Ndayizigamiye and Macire Kante, IGI Global, 2022, pp. 25-56. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8915-1.ch002

APA

Oryila, S. S. & Aghadiuno, P. C. (2022). Multimodal Representation of Hygiene Practices in Nigeria Under the COVID-19 Pandemic. In P. Ndayizigamiye & M. Kante (Eds.), Building Resilient Healthcare Systems With ICTs (pp. 25-56). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8915-1.ch002

Chicago

Oryila, Simon Shachia, and Philip Chike Chukwunonso Aghadiuno. "Multimodal Representation of Hygiene Practices in Nigeria Under the COVID-19 Pandemic." In Building Resilient Healthcare Systems With ICTs, edited by Patrick Ndayizigamiye and Macire Kante, 25-56. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8915-1.ch002

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Abstract

Disease outbreaks do not only create health challenges; they also potentially affect public health communication. To complement the efforts of medical and health workers, health communication professionals often try to design semiotic resources to advance the goal of health and medical practice. This chapter, therefore, explores the various semiotic resources created with the aid of digital technologies and deployed by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control across digital platforms to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Applying Kress and van Leeuwen's social semiotic theory to 12 NCDC images sourced online, the chapter demonstrates that the semiotic resources shared by the NCDC on hygiene practices to fight COVID-19 have the potential of broadening the scope of interpretation, meaning, and understanding of COVID-19, health problems, and medical practices on account of the texts' representational, interactional, and compositional structures, thereby helping in building a vibrant healthcare system in Nigeria.

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