| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Sharing death online |
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Sharing death online.
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| Contents |
Front Cover; The Language of Illness and Death on Social Media; Copyright Page; Acknowledgments; Contents; About the Authors; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Method and Ethics; Note; 2. Theoretical Framework; 2.1. Illness, Death, and Existential Media; 2.2. Affective Language; 2.3. Relational Language, Interjections, and Emojis; Notes; 3. Forms of Affective Language; 3.1. "My condolences" as a Ritualized Phrase; 3.2. "Rest In Peace" or Just RIP?; 3.3. Arranging and Lighting Photo Candles; 3.4. The Like as Showing Minimal and Spontaneous Engagement |
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3.5. Hearts and Crying Faces -- Emojis of Caring Collectives3.6. Interjections: "åh" ("OH") and "Puha" ("Whew"); 3.7. In the Linguistic Periphery; Note; 4. Rhythms of Affective Language; 4.1. Fighting for Magnus (MIV); 4.2. Lærke Rønde Timm; 4.3. The Affective Language of Crowds, Supportive Interference, and Annual Cycles; 4.4. Caring Crowds; 4.5. Rhythms of Supportive Interference; 4.6. From Biological Rhythms to Annual Cycles; Notes; 5. Conclusion; References; Index |
| Summary |
This book investigates the language created and used on social media to express and respond to personal experiences of illness, dying and mourning. The authors begin by setting out the established and recent research on social and existential media, affect and language, before focusing on Facebook groups dealing with the illness and death of two Danish children. Through these in-depth case studies, they produce insights into different ways of engaging in affective processes related to illness and death on social media, and into both the ritualized and innovative vernacular vocabulary created through these encounters. Developing an analytical framework for understanding the social role and logics of "affective language" (such as emojis, interjections and other forms of expressive interactive writing), The Language of Illness and Death on Social Media will be of great interest to all those striving to understand the affective importance and roles of language for sharing experiences of illness, death and commemoration in these spheres |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 17, 2018) |
| Subject |
Social media.
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Diseases -- Social aspects
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Death -- Social aspects
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Mourning customs.
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Social Media
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social media.
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Media studies.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
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Death -- Social aspects
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Diseases -- Social aspects
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Mourning customs
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Social media
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hougaard, Tina Thode, author
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| ISBN |
9781787694798 |
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1787694798 |
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9781787694811 |
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178769481X |
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