DEARLY DEPARTED Communicating with the Dead in the Digital Age
DEARLY DEPARTED Communicating with the Dead in the Digital Age
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DOI：
10.3167/sa.2017.610306
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发表时间：
2017-09-01
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影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
Huberman, Jennifer
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作者：
Huberman, Jennifer
本文探讨了互联网如何重塑生者与死者之间的关系。利用在线纪念网站ForeverMissed.com的数据，它研究了为什么在线纪念馆越来越多地被用来纪念死者，而不是更传统的讣告类型。它描述了互联网如何为死者家属提供与死者沟通的新手段，以及这些变化如何标志着新的意识形式和连通途径。受媒体理论家何塞货车Dijck的研究结果的启发，我认为，在线纪念馆服务的纪念和“沟通”的功能，允许与死者的关系，以保持和连接与生活中的其他人。本文还分析了互联网作为“技术精神系统”的作用。
This article explores how the Internet is reshaping relationships between the living and the dead. Drawing on data from the online memorial site ForeverMissed.com, it examines why online memorials are increasingly being used to commemorate the deceased instead of the more traditional genre of the obituary. It depicts how the Internet is providing new means for the bereaved to communicate with the dead and how these changes might signal new forms of consciousness and avenues of connectivity. Inspired by the findings of media theorist Jose van Dijck, I argue that online memorials serve both a commemorative and a 'communicative' function, allowing for relationships with the deceased to be maintained and for connections to be made with living others. This article also analyzes the Internet's role as a 'techno-spiritual system'.