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- Title
Global Mediatized Death and Emotion: Parasocial Grieving—Mourning #stephenhawking on Twitter.
- Authors
Akhther, Najma; Tetteh, Dinah A.
- Abstract
This study examined mediatized death and emotion, specifically parasocial grieving, toward high-profile celebrity Stephen Hawking's death from a global perspective. A thematic analysis of public tweets explored how social media mourners expressed parasocial grieving following Hawking's death and how that shaped mediatized global flows of emotion in terms of digital affect culture. Findings showed varied forms of mediatized emotional responses associated with parasocial grievings, such as sadness, shock, confusion, love, and longing. Mourners also adopted varied coping mechanisms, including individualized tributes, reminiscing, memorializing, and advocacy. Findings suggested that Hawking's mourners performed parasocial death rituals on Twitter as a legitimate public space of mourning. Findings contribute to parasocial grieving scholarship and mediatization of death and emotion.
- Subjects
HISTORY of physics; TWITTER (Web resource); INTERNET; AMYOTROPHIC lateral sclerosis; EMOTIONS; SOCIAL attitudes; DEATH; THEMATIC analysis; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; BEREAVEMENT
- Publication
Omega: Journal of Death & Dying, 2023, Vol 87, Issue 1, p126
- ISSN
0030-2228
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/00302228211014775