maintaining a relationship with the deceased via facebook

7/21/2019 Maintaining a relationship with the deceased via Facebook

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How Millennials Are UsingFacebook to Cope with DeathBy: Kelsey Chipman

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To fnd how millennials are using Facebook as away to maintain relationships with their deceasedriends


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Descripti*e Metho+

o describe how millennials are ,sing Facebook tomaintain relationships an+ keep in contact with their+ecease+ -rien+s

Case &t,+y %bser*ation Inter*iews


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Case &t,+y

Chose . millennials in-ormal memoriali/e+ Facebookpages Ale0 'iller 122.3451. 'atricia Morris 122434516

"obert &mith 122.34516


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%bser*ation

%bser*e the in-ormal memoriali/e+ pages o- those threein+i*i+,als all age+ 17341 years ol+ when they passe+away

%bser*e the posts8 pict,res an+ comments on each+ecease+ person9s Facebook wall -rom the time theypasse+ away to the present

%nly posts8 pict,res an+ comments -rom millennial age+in+i*i+,als

%bser*e the content o- the posts: pict,res8 comments8

memories8 tho,ghts8 birth+ays8 holi+ays more


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Inter*iews

Inter*iew three people who -re;,ently post on their +ecease+-rien+9s Facebook wall (ritten blank?@ Ha*e yo,r posts change+ in the time since he or she has

passe+ away8 how or why@ Do yo, -eel ,sing Facebook as a way to maintain this

relationship has helpe+ yo, o*ercome cope with some o- thestr,ggles o- losing

a -rien+@ Ale03$eah 'atricia &abrina "obert ,stin


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#thical Iss,es

Death is a *ery personal an+ intimate topic Using real people -or Case &t,+ies Inter*iews Anonymi/e+ the +ata +i+ not ,se the real names or

photos o- +ecease+

"eass,re+ the inter*iewees that the ;,estions werecompletely conE+ential Di+ not ,se real names o- the people I inter*iewe+


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Case &t,+y 1: Ale0122.3 451.

Age 45


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Month 1: Disbelie-

>Felt like I ha+ to say it one more time I lo*e yo,8 I can9tbelie*e yo,9re gone IGll be s,re to or+er some wings -orya ne0t time we go to B, alo Brothers ?

>IGm still trying to take this all in ItGs going to be so har+witho,t yo, aro,n+ Ale0 Missing yo, more than e*eran+ I canGt wait to see yo, again ?


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Month 4: "eminiscing

>Dro*e thro,gh Arlington the other +ay Imme+iately ha+a ash back o- all o- ,s hea+e+ o,t to the "anger game(ish yo, co,l+ be by my si+e at the ,pcoming gamesb,t I know yo, will be there in spirit $o*e yo, so m,ch

>&tairway to hea*en is on Makes me miss yo, e*erytime ?


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'resent: ho,ghts

A lot o- things ha*e change+ since yo, +ie+ b,t nothing co,l+change how m,ch we miss yo, Jo, co,l+ ne*er know the -,lle0tent o- how yo, in ,ence+ all o- o,r li*es an+ how thank-,lwe are to ha*e ha+ the opport,nity to know yo, an+ call yo,o,r -rien+ Jo, were a brother to ,s an+ it was a great trip thaten+e+ way too soon Miss yo, man ?


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Inter*iew with $eah Ale09s Frien+L

I Erst ,se+ Facebook as a way to express my loss an+-eelings -or Ale0 A-ter a -ew months I starte+ posting on Ale09s wall when

I +i+ something that reminded me o him s,ch as*isiting his gra*e or hearing songs we ,se+ to listen totogether

Now8 o*er a year later looking back Facebook was a wayin which I coped with the imme+iate shock o- the lossNow it helps me stay close with Ale0 Nothing will e*er

lessen the loss8 b,t Facebook helps to rea rm his spotin my li e


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"es,lts

From Case &t,+ies8 %bser*ation Inter*iews I -o,n+millennials are ,sing Facebook to maintain a relationshipwith their +ecease+ -rien+ to:

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healthy grie*ing: Disbelie- "eminiscing Acceptance: En+ing a way to retain part o- the person

who +ie+


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