Lights and shadows of COVID-19, Technology and Industry 4.0
Nicola Melluso, Silvia Fareri, Gualtiero Fantoni, Andrea Bonaccorsi,, Filippo Chiarello, Elena Coli, Vito Giordano, Pietro Manfredi, Shahin Manafi

TL;DR
This paper analyzes how digital technologies, especially Industry 4.0, are discussed during COVID-19 on Medium, exploring their current influence and future implications for industry, society, and the labor market.
Contribution
It introduces a novel analysis of digital technology discourse during COVID-19 using Medium articles and network visualization to understand societal and industrial impacts.
Findings
Digital technologies are prominently debated in COVID-19 related articles.
The network analysis reveals key technologies linked to social and industrial challenges.
The study discusses future opportunities and threats of Industry 4.0 technologies post-pandemic.
Abstract
Scientific discoveries and technologies played a significant role in the digital revolution that occurred over the last years. But what is their role in the turmoil brought by the current pandemic? The aim of this paper is to show how digital technologies are operating during this first phase of the spreading of COVID-19. The study analyses and debates the current and potential role of digital technologies, focusing on their influence in the industrial and social fields. More specifically we used the blogging platform "Medium", which has seen an exponential growth in its production of articles over the last couple of months. Even if different from esteemed scientific sources, this platform provides a structure that suits our analysis. We searched how many times digital technologies are mentioned in articles regarding Coronavirus and, after collecting these articles, we collected page…
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Taxonomy
TopicsDigital Transformation in Industry · E-Learning and Knowledge Management · Big Data and Business Intelligence
