Death and digital media

Arnold, M; Gibbs, M; Kohn, T; Meese, J; Nansen, B

Death and digital media

Arnold, M Gibbs, M Kohn, T Meese, J

Nansen, B

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Citation:: 2017, pp. 1 - 178
Issue Date:: 2017-11-22

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Arnold, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Gibbs, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kohn, T	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Meese, J https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1910-6166	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Nansen, B	en_US
dc.date.available	2020-05-25T19:02:21Z
dc.date.issued	2017-11-22	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	2017, pp. 1 - 178	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781315688749	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/125442
dc.description.abstract	© 2018 main text Michael Arnold, Martin Gibbs, Tamara Kohn, James Meese, and Bjorn Nansen; afterword Elizabeth Hallam. All rights reserved. Death and Digital Media provides a critical overview of how people mourn, commemorate and interact with the dead through digital media. It maps the historical and shifting landscape of digital death, considering a wide range of social, commercial and institutional responses to technological innovations. The authors examine multiple digital platforms and offer a series of case studies drawn from North America, Europe and Australia. The book delivers fresh insight and analysis from an interdisciplinary perspective, drawing on anthropology, sociology, science and technology studies, human-computer interaction, and media studies. It is key reading for students and scholars in these disciplines, as well as for professionals working in bereavement support capacities.	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.4324/9781315688749	en_US
dc.title	Death and digital media	en_US
dc.type	Book
utslib.for	2001 Communication and Media Studies	en_US
utslib.for	1608 Sociology	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/IKM and Digital Studies Program
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US

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© 2018 main text Michael Arnold, Martin Gibbs, Tamara Kohn, James Meese, and Bjorn Nansen; afterword Elizabeth Hallam. All rights reserved. Death and Digital Media provides a critical overview of how people mourn, commemorate and interact with the dead through digital media. It maps the historical and shifting landscape of digital death, considering a wide range of social, commercial and institutional responses to technological innovations. The authors examine multiple digital platforms and offer a series of case studies drawn from North America, Europe and Australia. The book delivers fresh insight and analysis from an interdisciplinary perspective, drawing on anthropology, sociology, science and technology studies, human-computer interaction, and media studies. It is key reading for students and scholars in these disciplines, as well as for professionals working in bereavement support capacities.

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