The expression of grief and bereavement on the internet: a case study through the process of illness and death of a spouse
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https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2017v20i4p207-231Keywords:
Bereavement, Social Networking, Death.Abstract
This work aims to understand the use of Facebook digital media during the experience of illness, hospitalization and death. It is a qualitative research, through of Virtual Ethnography and narrative analysis. This practice contributed to: facilitate communication with family and friends; to reduce loneliness and isolation; strengthen bonds of friendship; recognize the virtual social network as a space for the constitution of a network of support and communication; demystify the use of social networks as exclusive spaces for leisure and entertainment.
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2017-12-30
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Frizzo, H. C. F., Bousso, R. S., Borghi, C. A., & Pedro, W. J. A. (2017). The expression of grief and bereavement on the internet: a case study through the process of illness and death of a spouse. Revista Kairós-Gerontologia, 20(4), 207–231. https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2017v20i4p207-231
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