The language of illness and death on social media : an affective approach / by Carsten Stage (Aarhus University, Denmark), Tina Thode Hougaard (Aarhus University, Denmark).

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Sharing death online.
Main Authors: Stage, Carsten (Author)
Hougaard, Tina Thode (Author)
Language:English
Published: Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Sharing death online.
Subjects:
Social media.
Diseases > Social aspects.
Death > Social aspects.
Mourning customs.
Social Media.
Trauerarbeit.
Tod.
Krankheit.
Affekt.
Sprache.
Physical Description:ix, 135 pages -- ; 20 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • The Language of Illness and Death on Social Media
  • Copyright Page
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • About the Authors
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Method and Ethics
  • Note
  • 2. Theoretical Framework
  • 2.1. Illness, Death, and Existential Media
  • 2.2. Affective Language
  • 2.3. Relational Language, Interjections, and Emojis
  • Notes
  • 3. Forms of Affective Language
  • 3.1. "My condolences" as a Ritualized Phrase
  • 3.2. "Rest In Peace" or Just RIP?
  • 3.3. Arranging and Lighting Photo Candles
  • 3.4. The Like as Showing Minimal and Spontaneous Engagement
  • 3.5. Hearts and Crying Faces
  • Emojis of Caring Collectives3.6. Interjections: "åh" ("OH") and "Puha" ("Whew")
  • 3.7. In the Linguistic Periphery
  • Note
  • 4. Rhythms of Affective Language
  • 4.1. Fighting for Magnus (MIV)
  • 4.2. Lærke Rønde Timm
  • 4.3. The Affective Language of Crowds, Supportive Interference, and Annual Cycles
  • 4.4. Caring Crowds
  • 4.5. Rhythms of Supportive Interference
  • 4.6. From Biological Rhythms to Annual Cycles
  • Notes
  • 5. Conclusion
  • References
  • Index
Incomplete Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Theoretical framework
  • Forms of affective language
  • Rhythms of affective language
  • Conclusion.