STAR : Social and Technology Action Research Group

Death and the Social Network

The death of a user does not result in the elimination of his or her account nor the profile’s place inside a network of digital peers. Friends use profiles postmortem to say last goodbyes, share memories, and coordinate funereal arrangements. These practices highlight three important themes for social networks and the representation of identity for their users: embodiment, representation, and temporality.

Posted in PROJECTS Tagged death, dying, facebook, myspace, social network

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