The Language of Illness and Death on Social Media

An Affective Approach
Synopsis
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 t...
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(8 chapters)
- DOI
- 10.1108/9781787694798
- Publication date
- 2018-10-01
- Book series
- Sharing Death Online
- Series copyright holder
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- ISBN
- 978-1-78769-482-8
- eISBN
- 978-1-78769-479-8