The Zoom Pandemic

"Zoom Fatigue is real" they say. Well... is it? In response to the question "is zoom fatigue real," the new Very Important Doc: "The Zoom Pandemic."

Chapters:
0:00 INTRO
4:40 PART ONE - WHAT IS “ZOOM FATIGUE?"
14:20 PART TWO - I LOVE MY JOB!
29:18 PART THREE - COMMODIFYING ALIENATION
42:38 CONCLUSION

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CITATIONS

Laura He, “Zoom profit skyrockets 3,300% on remote work trend,” CNN (September 2020) https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/01/tech/zoom-profits/index.html

“U.S. Billionaire Wealth Has Surged $970 billion since beginning of Pandemic,” Reuters (September 2020) https://inequality.org/billionaire-bonanza-2020-updates/

Shirley Leung and Larry Edelman “Coronavirus made the wealth gap worse. How long can a divided economy stand?” Boston Globe (September 2020) https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/05/business/coronavirus-made-wealth-gap-worse-how-long-can-divided-economy-stand/

Vicky Valet, “Working From Home During The Coronavirus Pandemic: What You Need To Know,” Forbes (March 2020) https://www.forbes.com/sites/vickyvalet/2020/03/12/working-from-home-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic-what-you-need-to-know/#48fec2551421 (see following for link to study)

Petr Slovák, “Effect of Videoconferencing Environments on Perception of Communication,” Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace (2007) https://cyberpsychology.eu/article/view/4205/3246

Todd Nordstrom “People Who Truly Love Their Work Understand Something Most Of Us Don't: The reality of 'work-love' you need to know,” Inc. (Oct 2018) https://www.inc.com/todd-nordstrom/people-who-truly-love-their-work-understand-something-most-of-us-dont.html

O.C. Tanner Website (October 2020) https://www.octanner.com/, https://archive.is/2BeSX, https://www.octanner.com/company/about-us.html, https://web.archive.org/web/20190413001634/https://www.octanner.com/company/about-us.html

Twitter Search: "zoom fatigue" until:2020-03-01 since:2020-02-01 https://twitter.com/search?lang=en&q=%22zoom%20fatigue%22%20until%3A2020-04-01%20since%3A2020-02-01

Twitter Search: "zoom fatigue" until:2020-03-19 since:2020-03-01 https://twitter.com/search?q=%22zoom%20fatigue%22%20until%3A2020-03-19%20since%3A2020-03-01

Twitter Search: “zoom fatigue is real” until:2020-03-23 since:2020-03-01 https://twitter.com/search?q=%22zoom%20fatigue%20is%20real%22%20until%3A2020-03-23%20since%3A2020-03-01

First mention of “Zoom Fatigue” on Twitter, https://twitter.com/calvincorreli/status/1227342749227274240, https://archive.is/itqh0

Twitter Search: “zoom fatigue is real yo” https://twitter.com/search?q=%22zoom%20fatigue%20is%20real%20yo%22&src=typed_query

Julia Sklar "Zoom Fatigue is taxing the brain. Here's why that happens," National Geographic (April 2020) https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/04/coronavirus-zoom-fatigue-is-taxing-the-brain-here-is-why-that-happens/

Marina Khidekel, “8 tips to help you stay focused during video calls — because Zoom fatigue is real,” Ladders (Nov 2020) https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/8-tips-to-help-you-stay-focused-during-video-calls-because-zoom-fatigue-is-real

Sam Liang, “How To Reduce ‘Zoom Fatigue’ And Improve Team Collaboration For Remote Work,” Forbes (Oct 2020) https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2020/10/30/how-to-reduce-zoom-fatigue-and-improve-team-collaboration-for-remote-work/?sh=4e26c6ed10c9

Google News Search “site:forbes.com "zoom fatigue"” https://news.google.com/search?q=site%3Aforbes.com%20%22zoom%20fatigue%22&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen

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