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The Language of Illness and Death on Social Media : An Affective Approach.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Sharing Death Online SeriesPublisher: Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (146 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781787694798
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Language of Illness and Death on Social MediaDDC classification:
  • 302.23/1
LOC classification:
  • HM621-656
Online resources:
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 Collectives -- 3.6. 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.
Summary: This book investigates the language created in Facebook groups that relate shared experiences of illness, dying and mourning. It develops a theoretical and analytical framework for understanding the use and rhythms of emojis, interjections and other forms of "intensive" writing in social media of this kind.
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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 Collectives -- 3.6. 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.

This book investigates the language created in Facebook groups that relate shared experiences of illness, dying and mourning. It develops a theoretical and analytical framework for understanding the use and rhythms of emojis, interjections and other forms of "intensive" writing in social media of this kind.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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