Abstract
COVID-19 hit the world in a sudden and unprecedented way, with guidelines, restrictions, and societal adaptation processes which have not been seen before in the contemporary world. Among all this shift, ICTs presented themselves as crucial tools for facilitating work and everyday life (including social life), maintaining the world connected and working.
Because of this, we decided to inquire the role of ICTs in people lives during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The present talk summarises the results of two pieces of research (under revision) we conducted in 2020, which explored the relationship between people use of ICTs (telephone, TV, live stream, video games, and social media) during periods of isolation due to the pandemic, and mental health (anxiety, stress, and coping mechanisms).
