Managing the consumption of death and digital media: The funeral director as market intermediary

van Ryn, L; Meese, J; Arnold, M; Nansen, B; Gibbs, M; Kohn, T

Managing the consumption of death and digital media: The funeral director as market intermediary

van Ryn, L Meese, J

Arnold, M Nansen, B Gibbs, M Kohn, T

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Death Studies, 2019, 43 (7), pp. 446 - 455
Issue Date:: 2019-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	van Ryn, L	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Meese, J https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1910-6166	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Arnold, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Nansen, B	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Gibbs, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kohn, T	en_US
dc.date.issued	2019-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Death Studies, 2019, 43 (7), pp. 446 - 455	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0748-1187	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/136805
dc.description.abstract	© 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. A growing number of companies are offering digital products and services for use in funerals. Drawing on interdisciplinary research in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, we explore how funeral directors operate as intermediaries for these digital products and services. We critically examine the popular framing of the funeral industry as a “conservative” business and examine how funeral directors actively mediate between their clients and the companies offering innovative products and services. This study provides an account of current developments in the funeral economy as well as a broader narrative about how funeral industry professionals have engaged with technology.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Death Studies	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/07481187.2018.1522387	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Clinical Psychology	en_US
dc.title	Managing the consumption of death and digital media: The funeral director as market intermediary	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	7	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	43	en_US
utslib.for	2001 Communication and Media Studies	en_US
utslib.for	1503 Business and Management	en_US
utslib.for	1701 Psychology	en_US
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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
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© 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. A growing number of companies are offering digital products and services for use in funerals. Drawing on interdisciplinary research in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, we explore how funeral directors operate as intermediaries for these digital products and services. We critically examine the popular framing of the funeral industry as a “conservative” business and examine how funeral directors actively mediate between their clients and the companies offering innovative products and services. This study provides an account of current developments in the funeral economy as well as a broader narrative about how funeral industry professionals have engaged with technology.

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