Mediated Death
How do the dead live among us today?Approaching death from the perspective of media and communication studies, anthropology, and sociology, this book explains how the all-encompassing presence of mediated death profoundly transforms contemporary society. It explores rituals of mourning and the livestreaming of death in hybrid media, as well as contemporary media-driven practices of immortalization. Sumiala draws on examples ranging from the iconic deaths of Margaret Thatcher and David Bowie to those of ordinary people ritualized on Instagram, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. In addition, this book examines digital mourning of global events incl…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-5095-5041-8
- EAN: 9781509550418
- Produktnummer: 37943288
- Verlag: Wiley
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 180 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 2'000 KB
Über den Autor
Johanna Sumiala is Associate Professor of Media and Communication Studies at the University of Helsinki.
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