 | Death and Digital Media Subjects: Arts; Behavioral Sciences; Computer Science; Health and Social Care; Humanities; Social Sciences; Media Communication; Mental Health; Legal Ethical & Social Aspects of IT; Health & Society; Cultural Studies; Media & Film Studies; Anthropology - Soc Sci; Sociology & Social Policy; Media Communication; Death Studies; Human Computer Interaction; Death and Dying; Social & Cultural Anthropology; Sociology of Media; Sociology of Science & Technology; Cyberculture; Media & Communications; Death and Digital Media provides a critical overview of how people mourn, commemorate and interact with the dead through digital media. It maps the historical and shifting landscape of digital death, considering a wide range of social, commercial and institutional responses to technological innovations. The authors examine multiple digital platforms and offer a series of case studies drawn from North America, Europe and Australia. The book delivers fresh insight and analysis from an interdisciplinary perspective, drawing on anthropology, sociology, science and technology studies, human-computer interaction, and media studies. It is key reading for students and scholars in these disciplines, as well as for professionals working in bereavement support capacities. Michael Arnold earned a masterÂs degree in physics at Bavarian Julius-Maximilians-University, Würzburg, Germany. Arnold heads the digital watermarking group at Fraunhofer-IGD, Darmstadt, Germany. 050 |
