Martyrs Never Die

Virtual Immortality of Turkish Soldiers

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13630464
AutoresJulie Alev Dilmaç (0000-0002-5022-2440, Cyprus International University, Nicosia, Cyprus, autor de correspondencia)
Año2017
Volumen78
Número2
Páginas161-177
Fecha de publicación2017-01-24
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0030222816688903
PMID28118779
OpenAlexW2580024200
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas25

The new technologies have changed the rituals related to death: Creation of memorial webpages and of virtual tombs, celebration of death anniversaries are now common currency on the Internet. In spite of their disappearance among the living, the deceased continue to exist on the Web. They still receive messages from their relatives but also from strangers and are at the heart of discussions, prolonging their presence. New technologies have led to a new concept of time and of "where life ends." Through the analysis of Facebook's accounts devoted to Turkish martyrs, this article aimed to describe the new funeral rituals seen on the Internet

Art · Currency · Internet privacy · Media studies · Sociology · The Internet · Turkish · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · History · Media Discourse and Social Analysis · Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Philosophy