TY - JOUR
T1 - Social Media Mourning
T2 - Using Grounded Theory to Explore How People Grieve on Social Networking Sites
AU - Moore, Jensen
AU - Magee, Sara
AU - Gamreklidze, Ellada
AU - Kowalewski, Jennifer
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2017.
PY - 2019/8/1
Y1 - 2019/8/1
N2 - This article uses grounded theory methodology to analyze in-depth interviews conducted with mourners who used social networking sites during bereavement. The social media mourning (SMM) model outlines how social networking sites are used to grieve using one or more of the following: (a) one-way communication, (b) two-way communication, and (c) immortality communication. The model indicates causal conditions of SMM: (a) sharing information with family or friends and (sometimes) beginning a dialog, (b) discussing death with others mourning, (c) discussing death with a broader mourning community, and (d) commemorating and continuing connection to the deceased. The article includes actions and consequences associated with SMM and suggests several ways in which SMM changes or influences the bereavement process.
AB - This article uses grounded theory methodology to analyze in-depth interviews conducted with mourners who used social networking sites during bereavement. The social media mourning (SMM) model outlines how social networking sites are used to grieve using one or more of the following: (a) one-way communication, (b) two-way communication, and (c) immortality communication. The model indicates causal conditions of SMM: (a) sharing information with family or friends and (sometimes) beginning a dialog, (b) discussing death with others mourning, (c) discussing death with a broader mourning community, and (d) commemorating and continuing connection to the deceased. The article includes actions and consequences associated with SMM and suggests several ways in which SMM changes or influences the bereavement process.
KW - after-death communication
KW - communication
KW - grief
KW - immortality
KW - mourning
KW - social media
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85068562816&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0030222817709691
DO - 10.1177/0030222817709691
M3 - Article
C2 - 28537486
AN - SCOPUS:85068562816
SN - 0030-2228
VL - 79
SP - 231
EP - 259
JO - Omega: Journal of Death and Dying
JF - Omega: Journal of Death and Dying
IS - 3
ER -