Ghosts in the machine: DO the dead live on in facebook?

Philosophy and Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 363-379

  Stokes, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Death; Online social networks; Person; Personal identity; Self; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871670279     PISSN: 22105433     EISSN: 22105441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13347-011-0050-7     Document Type: Article

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