02716nam a2200469Ii 4500 9781787694798 UtOrBLW 20251029120718.0 m o d cr un||||||||| 181017s2018 enk b 001 0 eng d 9781787694798 (e-book) 9781787694811 (ePUB) UtOrBLW eng rda UtOrBLW HM742 .S73 2018 JFD bicssc SOC052000 bisacsh 316.35 Stage, Carsten, author. 60300 The language of illness and death on social media : an affective approach / by Carsten Stage (Aarhus University, Denmark), and Tina Thode Hougaard (Aarhus University, Denmark). Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018. ©2018 1 online resource (ix, 135 pages) ; cm. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Sharing death online Includes bibliographical references and index. This book investigates the language created and used on social media to express and respond to personal experiences of illness, dying and mourning. The authors begin by setting out the established and recent research on social and existential media, affect and language, before focusing on Facebook groups dealing with the illness and death of two Danish children. Through these in-depth case studies, they produce insights into different ways of engaging in affective processes related to illness and death on social media, and into both the ritualized and innovative vernacular vocabulary created through these encounters. Developing an analytical framework for understanding the social role and logics of "affective language" (such as emojis, interjections and other forms of expressive interactive writing), "The Language of Illness and Death on Social Media" will be of great interest to all those striving to understand the affective importance and roles of language for sharing experiences of illness, death and commemoration in these spheres. Print version record Social media. 36123 Diseases Social aspects. 60301 Death Social aspects. 60302 Mourning customs. 60303 Social Science Media Studies. bisacsh 58867 Media studies. bicssc Hougaard, Tina Thode, author. 60304 9781787694828 https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/9781787694798 51721 51721