How to experience grief online? A comparison of web memorials of people and animals

To understand online mourning possibilities, this work presents a bibliographic review that identified typical goals of people who face mourning. Then, it reports identified features and information in 20 online memorial systems for people and animals, obtained by inspecting the interface. It concl...

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Main Authors: Bruno Santana da Silva, Manoel Lucas de Souza Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: DigiMedia - Digital Media and Interaction Research Center 2021-07-01
Series:Journal of Digital Media & Interaction
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Online Access:https://proa.ua.pt/index.php/jdmi/article/view/23632
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Summary:To understand online mourning possibilities, this work presents a bibliographic review that identified typical goals of people who face mourning. Then, it reports identified features and information in 20 online memorial systems for people and animals, obtained by inspecting the interface. It concludes by associating people's goals in coping with bereavement with online memorial features.
ISSN:2184-3120