STAR : Social and Technology Action Research Group

Managing Online Identities for the Deceased

The death of a loved one can be a challenging time for survivors who are left to manage the deceased’s affairs. In many cases, our increasing amount of online data is exacerbating this issue. Our social media lives create vast quantities of personal data that remain after we die. However, these data are not like other assets that we include in wills or testaments. They are connected to a large number of friends who survive us, all with diverse needs.

Posted in PROJECTS Tagged data management, death, design, digital identity, dying, facebook, identity, post-mortem, social networks

Jed in Huffington Post and Page

Jed was recently quoted in articles in the Huffington Post and the German Magazine PAGE about death, Facebook profiles, and digital identity. “Facebook doesn’t do a good job of thinking about death,” says Brubaker, the scholar who studies death on social media. “It doesn’t have that concept. There’s no checkbox that says ‘I am dead,’ […]

Posted in NEWS Tagged death, huffington post, identity, media, NEWS

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