THE DEAD SPEAK: BIG DATA AND DIGITALLY MEDIATED DEATH | Zendy

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THE DEAD SPEAK: BIG DATA AND DIGITALLY MEDIATED DEATH

Author(s) -

Justin Grandinetti,

Tyler DeAtley,

Jeffery Bruinsma

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

aoir selected papers of internet research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2162-3317

DOI - 10.5210/spir.v2020i0.11122

Subject(s) - commodification , demise , sociotechnical system , internet privacy , subjectivity , big data , sociology , subject (documents) , computer science , sensationalism , world wide web , media studies , law , epistemology , political science , economics , artificial intelligence , philosophy , market economy , operating system

Introductory Statement In the following panel, we add to scholarly challenges regarding the binary distinction between life and death by examining new strategies of making productive the data of the dead. Digital media and tactics of big data collection, storage, and processing blur the boundaries of human lifecycles, allowing the individual to exist as a productive part of sociotechnical apparatuses long after their corporeal demise.

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