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Facebook Learns to Deal with Grief

With the number of users who have died rising, Facebook is taking steps to be more responsive to the needs of friends and family left behind

Since its launch 15 years ago, Facebook has become a primary means of keeping in touch for friends and family in the digital age. It reminds us of birthdays and special events, makes it easy to organize groups, allows us … Continue reading

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Technology and Mourning: Changes in How We Mourn, How We Remember, and How We Memorialize Our Dead

For better or worse, technology is transforming our processes of grief

Technology is not a new thing. The world was forever changed when the printing press was invented, when electricity was discovered, and when the computer chip was produced. Technology continually changes every aspect of the world. In the world of … Continue reading

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