The Digital Remains: Social Media and Practices of Online Grief

Information Society

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 190-195

  Lingel, Jessa ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bereavement; Facebook; memorial; online grief; policy; SNS; social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877310265     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972243.2013.777311     Document Type: Article

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