The preponderance of technology and digital connectedness has revolutionized every
aspect of humans' social life, including death. Digital technologies are reshaping how the …

Following the emergence of online memorials or so-called virtual cemeteries and the
growing popularity of memorialized profiles on social media platforms, researchers from a …

This special issue entitled “Futures of Digital Death: Mobilities of Loss and Commemoration”
explores the topic of digital death and how technologies are reconfigured by and …

Almost ubiquitous hardware technology, such as smart phones, ensures that social
networking sites are part of users' everyday norms and routines. However, some are now …

This fascinating work explores the meaning of death in the digital age, showing readers the
new ways digital technology allows humans to approach, prepare for, and handle their …

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 …

In recent years, the physical death, the related grief, and the ensuing memorials has become
visible in the digital arena. As every other aspect of life is to be found online, so are death …

Despite the range of studies into grief and mourning in relation to the digital, research to
date largely focuses on the cultural practices and meanings that are played out in and …

Within this chapter, the authors consider the emergence of new cultures and practices
surrounding death and identity in the digital world. This includes a range of theory-based …

The article outlines the issues that the internet presents to death studies. Part 1 describes a
range of online practices that may affect dying, the funeral, grief and memorialization …