Sociology
Digital Mourning and the Transformation of Grief Rituals
Quick fact
A 2020 study found that a significant proportion of social media users continue to interact with the profiles of deceased friends and family, creating persistent digital memorials that challenge traditional boundaries between life and death.
Why this is interesting
When someone dies, we often scroll past their last post, 'like' a tribute, or share a memory online. But what does it mean to mourn in a space that never forgets?