Âge et usages informatiques

Lobet–Maris, Claire

doi:10.3406/comm.2011.2581

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“…Thus, everyone seems to become a brand, a product whose value is gauged by popularity. This popularity is both a moving force and a regulator of links that are created, and technical means converge to meet this personal branding through “friends counters” (Lobet-Maris, 2011). The wider the public, the more the image of the user has chances of being commented on, followed, and seen (and thus respected).…”

Section: Life On the Internetmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The New Forms of Mourning: Loss and Exhibition of the Death on the Internet

Dilmaç

2016

Omega (Westport)

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According to some specialists, ceremonial funeral practices are inclined to disappear, particularly as death is an object of repression in contemporary society. However, it seems that new forms of rituals are developing through modern technologies. Virtual tombs, memorial webpages, and the celebration of death anniversaries are now common currency on the Internet. Nonetheless, the overexposure favored by the Web seems to question traditional ways of "living out" one's grief, subjecting the living and the dead to a redefinition of concepts of time and space, and entailing new forms of interaction.

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Section: Life On the Internetmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This “culture of immediacy” (Lobet-Maris, 2011), along with an ever-increasing flow of information, means individuals must adapt their viewing habits. On the Web, viewing becomes a constant activity, without a determined frequency, without any predictable rhythm (Boczkowski, 2010).…”

Section: Life On the Internetmentioning

confidence: 99%