I found an article at CNN titled "Mourning on MySpace". The article discusses how social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook are used to 'send messages' to those who have recently passed away.
This article really hits home with me, as in a little over a year my graduating class of 64 was dropped to 62. My best friend from highschool, Nicole, passed away on December 21, 2005. Another friend and classmate, Nathan, was killed in Iraq on January 26, 2007. Both of them had MySpace profiles, and shortly after their deaths many friends, classmates, and family members logged on to leave them messages. It almost feels like we are actually communicating with them and I feel it's a good place to go to mourn them, as it is filled with things they liked -- a personalized space with pictures, blogs, and music that was important to them. Whenever I get depressed it helps me to go onto their MySpaces and remember them.
I may use this as a topic for my Neovox article.
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Rachel, I think this is a great idea for a NeoVox article. It would be interesting to see what kind of research you can find on this practice.
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