Researching the Ends of Identity: Birth and Death on Social Media

Leaver, Tama

doi:10.1177/2056305115578877

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Authors

Leaver, Tama

Date

2015

Type

Journal Article

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Citation

Leaver, T. 2015. Researching the Ends of Identity: Birth and Death on Social Media. Social Media + Society. 1 (1).

Source Title

Social Media + Society

DOI

10.1177/2056305115578877

ISSN

20563051

School

Department of Internet Studies

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This open access article is distributed under the Creative Commons license http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44740

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Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

This paper argues that expanding the scope of social media studies to examine birth and early life at one end, and death and memorialisation at the other, demonstrates that social media is never just about an individual, but also the way individuals are always already joined together as families, groups, communities and more. Mapping these ends of identity also reveals more of the nuances of everyday social media use and its impact.