Creation and Inheritance of Digital Afterlives

You Only Live Twice

AvDebra J. Bassett

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

This book explores how social networking platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp ‘accidentally’ enable and nurture the creation of digital afterlives, and, importantly, the effect this digital inheritance has on the bereaved.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-12-21
Mått:148 x 210 x 12 mm
Vikt:286 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Studies in the Future of Humanity and its Successors
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030916862

Utforska kategorier

Människa – datorinteraktion inom Data och IT
Filosofi inom Filosofi och religion
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Debra J. Bassett received her PhD from the University of Warwick and is a visiting fellow at the University of Bath. Her qualitative research focuses on how, through avatar creation, blogs, vlogs and social network sites, people are creating and nurturing bonds with the dead, and how this human-computer interaction may affect how people grieve.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction: Contextualising Digital Afterlives.- 2. The Service Providers – Both Intentional and Accidental.- 3. A Philosophical Detour.- 4. From Digital Footprints to the Ultimate Selfie: The Experiences and Motivations of Digital Creators.- 5. Why Do Digital Afterlives Matter? The Experiences and Motivations of Digital Inheritors.- 6. Losing the Data of the Dead and Expanding Existing Models of Bereavement.- 7. The Future of Digital Death.- 8. Final Thoughts and Reflection.