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1、OMEGA,Vol.64(4)275-302,2011-2012DOESTHEINTERNETCHANGEHOWWEDIEANDMOURN?OVERVIEWANDANALYSISTONYWALTERRACHIDHOURIZIUniversityofBathWENDYMONCURUniversityofDundeeSTACEYPITSILLIDESGoldsmithsCollege,UniversityofLondonABSTRACTThearticleoutlinestheissuesthatthein

2、ternetpresentstodeathstudies.Part1describesarangeofonlinepracticesthatmayaffectdying,thefuneral,griefandmemorialization,inheritanceandarchaeology;italsosummarizesthekindsofresearchthathavebeendoneinthesefields.Part2arguesthatthesenewonlinepracticeshaveim

3、plicationsfor,andmaybeilluminatedby,keyconceptsindeathstudies:thesequestration(orseparationfromeverydaylife)ofdeathanddying,disenfranchisementofgrief,privategrief,socialdeath,illnessandgriefnarratives,continuingbondswiththedead,andthepresenceofthedeadins

4、ociety.Inparticular,socialnetworksitescanbringdyingandgrievingoutofboththeprivateandpublicrealmsandintotheeverydaylifeofsocialnetworksbeyondtheimmediatefamily,andprovideanaudienceforonceprivatecommunicationswiththedead.2752012,BaywoodPublishingCo.,Inc.d

5、oi:http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/OM.64.4.ahttp://baywood.com276/WALTERETAL.INTRODUCTIONDeathisirreduciblyphysical,butitisalsosocial.Gettingfrailorterminallyillandthendyingdisruptssocialnetworks;bereavemententailsarestructuringofsocialengagement,withboththeli

6、vingandthedead.Theinternetisalso,andincreasingly,social,somuchsothattheterm“socialnetworks”isnowadaysaslikelytakentoincludeonlineaswellasofflinenetworks.Soitisreasonabletoaskwhether,andifsohow,theinternetchangestheexperienceofdying,andofgrieving.Asecondr

7、easontoaskthisquestionderivesfromtheneedforinformation.Wedieonlyonce,sodyingpresentsanentirelynewsituationforeachindividualwhofacesit,andpossiblyalsofortheirclosekin.Theyhavealottolearn,andfast.Mostknowledgeaboutdying,however,istiedupintheheads,textbooks

8、,andproceduresofhealthprofessionals,sotheordinaryfamilyfaces,attheveryleast,urgentinformationneeds.Theinternetisfastreplacingbooks(whichinturnreplacedorallytransmittedknowledge)asthemainwayinwhichmodernpeoplesearchforinfor