id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_wnhyax7atrdjtjzrcsh7lmn5x4 Julia Sonnevend A virus as an icon: the 2020 pandemic in images 2020 11 .pdf application/pdf 4882 357 64 restricted access to central sites of the crisis, as intensive care units, nursing homes, This article analyzes three prevalent visual genres in connection with the ongoing pandemic: abstract representations of the virus and public iconic representations try to grasp the "deep meaning" of the crisis through a particular scene or moment. imagine the coronavirus crisis, and to socially connect in a time of painful and prolonged physical distance. Keywords Icon · Image · Representation · Visual · Pandemic · Coronavirus article in the New York Times put it, "the longer it takes for the coronavirus to spread become the iconic representations of the early crisis (Fig. 5). Identifying and shaming coronavirus villains is an international pastime on social media, and their prevalence even warranted a new term: "covidiot." The spiky blob seen around the world: How C.D.C. medical illustrators created the coronavirus pandemic's most iconic image. ./cache/work_wnhyax7atrdjtjzrcsh7lmn5x4.pdf ./txt/work_wnhyax7atrdjtjzrcsh7lmn5x4.txt