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What are digital deaths and digital legacies?
Given that so much of our lives are now online, it’s no wonder that we now have a phrase for when we die there – digital …
How Twitter has changed tragedy
I remember aimlessly scrolling through Twitter when the first tweets came through from the Boston Globe reporting of explosions at the 2013 Boston Marathon. After the …
How do you mourn the friends you make online?
When you think of mourning, what comes to mind? For most of us, you may think of someone’s favourite food or a nice memory or silly …
Sharing death on social media – can it go too far?
We now check Facebook upwards of 14 times and spend over 2 hours a day on social media. It’s safe to say it has truly become …
How we ritualise death in a digital world
From the 40 day mourning period we see in the Muslim faith, to white being the colour of mourning in China – all religions and cultures …
Would you beat death by uploading your brain to a computer?
Would you beat death by uploading your brain to a computer? In the 200,000 or so years humans have existed on this planet, it’s fair to …
Why is hacking into dead people’s Facebook accounts so popular?
Why is hacking into dead people’s Facebook accounts so popular? Trading in Facebook accounts is a huge business. Inactive Facebook accounts, or those that used to …