Exploring Young Millennials’ Motivations for Grieving Death Through Social Media

King, Rachel; Carter, Pelham

doi:10.1007/s41347-022-00275-1

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“…This result would be consistent with the hypothesis that social media is modifying the way new generations are mourning and commemorating the memory of their loved ones. Recently, King & Carter [ 34 ] performed a qualitative study of fourteen bereaved young millennials. The authors found that the participants gave great importance to social media for mourning.…”

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The use of social media after bereavement by suicide: results from a French online survey

Leaune,

Rouzé,

Lestienne

et al. 2024

BMC Psychiatry

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Background According to recent research, the Internet and social media are shaping and changing how we die and mourn. However, the use of social media after bereavement by suicide remains poorly understood. Thus, emerging research is needed to better assess the role that social media can play after bereavement by suicide. The objective of our study was to evaluate the use of social media in French people bereaved by suicide and to assess their expectations toward social media. Method We conducted a national cross-sectional online survey including French people bereaved by suicide assessing their use of social media after the death of their relative. All adults bereaved by suicide were eligible to participate in the study. An online 26-item questionnaire collected sociodemographic and loss-related characteristics and evaluated four dimensions: (1) the use of social media in daily life, (2) the perceived needs regarding suicide bereavement, (3) the use of social media associated with the suicide loss, and (4) the expectations regarding the development of an online resource for people bereaved by suicide and proposals regarding the development of such a resource. Results Among 401 participants, 61.6% reported using social media after the death of their relative by suicide, especially those recently bereaved, those receiving counseling and bereaved parents. The participants mainly used social media to reach peers bereaved by suicide and to memorialize, while they expected social media to help them finding information on suicide and accessing bereaved peers. Younger participants were more prone to use social media to memorialize, while bereaved partners and those bereaved by the suicide of a parent were less prone to use them with such aim. Discussion A large part of people bereaved by suicide use social media for their grief process, mainly to contact peers bereaved by suicide and to memorialize their loved one. According to or results, social media contributes to contemporary grief processes after suicide bereavement and can be seen as putative means to improve the well-being of people bereaved by suicide.

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The use of social media after bereavement by suicide: results from a French online survey

Leaune,

Rouzé,

Lestienne

et al. 2024

BMC Psychiatry

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Instagram and end of life. Exploring the mediational role of social networks in young cancer patients through a case study

Seró Torroja,

Brescó,

Jiménez-Alonso

2024

Culture & Psychology

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The growing prominence of social networks has changed the field of death by allowing people to share their personal experience of dying or surviving the death of loved ones. This paper features a case study through which we examine the mediational role of new technologies in end-of-life experiences in young cancer patients. The case study revolves around an Instagram account created by a young Spanish woman after being diagnosed with a cancer that would ultimately end her life. The thematic analysis carried out on the 196 posts focuses on three of the main topics addressed in the account: (1) the visibilisation of cancer and its impact on the daily lives of young patients; (2) the life lessons learnt from the experience of cancer; (3) a critique of the traditional imaginary of cancer, understood in terms of an individual struggle, together with the denunciation of the lack of social protection for young cancer patients. Ultimately, the analysis shows how Instagram acts in this case as a mediational tool through which the account’s creator not only relates to her community of followers, but also to herself and to her own illness, giving rise to different meaning-making and self-regulating functions.

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The use of social media after bereavement by suicide: results from a French online survey

LEAUNE,

ROUZE,

LESTIENNE

et al. 2024

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Background According to recent research, the Internet and social media are shaping and changing how we die and mourn. However, the use of social media after bereavement by suicide remains poorly understood. Thus, emerging research is needed to better assess the role that social media can play after bereavement by suicide. The objective of our study was to assess the use of social media in French people bereaved by suicide and to collect their expectations toward social media. Method We conducted a national cross-sectional online survey including French people bereaved by suicide assessing their use of social media after the death of their relative. All adults bereaved by suicide were eligible to participate in the study. An online 26-item questionnaire collected sociodemographic and loss-related characteristics and evaluated four dimensions: 1) the use of social media in daily life, 2) the perceived needs regarding suicide bereavement, 3) the use of social media associated with the suicide loss, and 4) the expectations regarding the development of an online resource for people bereaved by suicide and personal propositions regarding the development of such a resource. Results Among 401 participants, 61.6% reported using social media after the death of their relative by suicide, especially those recently bereaved, those receiving counseling and bereaved parents. The participants mainly used social media to reach peers bereaved by suicide and to memorialize, while they expected social media to help them finding information on suicide and accessing bereaved peers. Younger participants were more prone to use social media to memorialize, while bereaved partners and those bereaved by the suicide of a parent were less prone to use them with such aim. Discussion A large part of people bereaved by suicide use social media for their grief process, mainly to contact peers bereaved by suicide and to memorialize their loved one. According to or results, social media contribute to contemporary grief processes after suicide bereavement and can be seen as putative means to improve the well-being of people bereaved by suicide.

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Exploring Young Millennials’ Motivations for Grieving Death Through Social Media

Cited by 3 publications

References 56 publications

The use of social media after bereavement by suicide: results from a French online survey

The use of social media after bereavement by suicide: results from a French online survey

Instagram and end of life. Exploring the mediational role of social networks in young cancer patients through a case study

The use of social media after bereavement by suicide: results from a French online survey

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