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COMM 105: Business Communications

pandemic search terms

possible synonyms/ variant terms for searching communications and pandemics

pandemic
covid
covid-19
coronavirus
infection
transmission


social distancing
physical distancing
quarantine
isolation/self-isolation


public health
risk
crisis
behaviour/behavior
attitude
public opinion


communication
message/messaging
campaign
public relations
PR

 

 

Keywords

These are suggestions to illustrate building a list of possible search words. Include synonyms, variant spellings, terms and phrases that describe the concept, oppose it, popular and technical terminology.  

The list is not comprehensive or exhaustive, just some terms to start searching.

tips

search tip: 

most databases support truncation - replace the endings of words with a symbol to search all variations. It is usually an asterisk *

example:      communicat* or messag*