‘It was the easiest way to kind of announce it’: Exploring death announcements on social media through a dramaturgical lens
(2021)
Journal Article
Murrell, A., Jamie, K., & Penfold-Mounce, R. (2023). ‘It was the easiest way to kind of announce it’: Exploring death announcements on social media through a dramaturgical lens. Mortality, 28(3), https://doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2021.1946496
The internet and social media have radically transformed grief, mourning and memorialisation. This article addresses how online death announcements (ODAs) (where bereaved people use social media platforms to share news of a loved one’s death) are ext... Read More about ‘It was the easiest way to kind of announce it’: Exploring death announcements on social media through a dramaturgical lens.