i said your name in an empty room: grieving and continuing bonds on facebook
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These slides were put together for a research project in a "Language and Technology" course taught at Cornell University. They were then edited for their presentation at CHI2011 in Vancouver on May 10, 2011.TRANSCRIPT
I Said Your Name in an Empty Room: Grieving and Continuing Bonds on
Emily Getty Jessica Cobb
Meryl Gabeler Christine Nelson
Ellis Weng Jeffrey Hancock
CHI 2011 Vancouver, BC
- Social life with metaphor of drama
- Grief is a back stage emotion, individuals can experience relief when it is bought to the forefront
Front or Back Stage Grieving?
- Social life with metaphor of drama
- Grief is a back stage emotion, individuals can experience relief when it is bought to the forefront
Front or Back Stage Grieving?
‐ Public expression of grief ‐ Social support ‐ Story telling
Continuing Bonds or Letting Go?
Mourners must let go to heal
VS
Maintaining a relationship with the deceased is beneficial
Collected wall posts from 11 deceased Facebook users.
Developed a script to preprocess the posts.
Posts analyzed LinguisCc Inquiry & Word Count (LIWC).
Translated LIWC
results into several indices matching predicCons
Mixed models staCsCcal analysis.
% Sorrow and Grief Words
Still can’t believe your gone… have so much I wanna tell you and it hurts to know your not there =( Miss you buddy
Front‐Stage Grieving
% Sorrow and Grief Words
Still can’t believe your gone… have so much I wanna tell you and it hurts to know your not there =( Miss you buddy
Front‐Stage Grieving
• Sad emoCon terms (LIWC)
0.00 0.50 1.00 1.50 2.00 2.50 3.00 3.50 4.00 4.50
Pre‐Passing Post‐Passing
Series 1 % Sorrow and Grief Words
Still can’t believe your gone… have so much I wanna tell you and it hurts to know your not there =( Miss you buddy
Funeral image here
Front‐Stage Grieving
% Social OrientaCon Words
I was thinking about you… and then stupid facebook told me to send you a message… but I guess writing this on your wall means that someone will read it… and know that they aren’t alone in their sorrow
Funeral image here Funeral image here
Front‐Stage Grieving
% Social OrientaCon Words
I was thinking about you… and then stupid facebook told me to send you a message… but I guess writing this on your wall means that someone will read it… and know that they aren’t alone in their sorrow
Funeral image here Funeral image here
Front‐Stage Grieving
• Social dimension (LIWC)
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
Pre‐Passing Post‐Passing
Series 1 % Social OrientaCon Words
I was thinking about you… and then stupid facebook told me to send you a message… but I guess writing this on your wall means that someone will read it… and know that they aren’t alone in their sorrow
Funeral image here Funeral image here
Front‐Stage Grieving
% PosiCve Memory
… Even tho my heart is broken I can’t help but laugh at the memories I have with u… like u running out to the pool in ur speedo! Hahaha everyone was cracking up! And as usual it was you who made us all laugh! …
Funeral image here Funeral image here
Front‐Stage Grieving
% PosiCve Memory
… Even tho my heart is broken I can’t help but laugh at the memories I have with u… like u running out to the pool in ur speedo! Hahaha everyone was cracking up! And as usual it was you who made us all laugh! …
Funeral image here Funeral image here
Front‐Stage Grieving
• RaCo verb to noun
% PosiCve Memory
… Even tho my heart is broken I can’t help but laugh at the memories I have with u… like u running out to the pool in ur speedo! Hahaha everyone was cracking up! And as usual it was you who made us all laugh! …
Funeral image here Funeral image here
Front‐Stage Grieving
• RaCo verb to noun • Past tense verbs
% PosiCve Memory
… Even tho my heart is broken I can’t help but laugh at the memories I have with u… like u running out to the pool in ur speedo! Hahaha everyone was cracking up! And as usual it was you who made us all laugh! …
Funeral image here Funeral image here
Front‐Stage Grieving
• RaCo verb to noun • Past tense verbs • PosiCve emoCon words
% PosiCve Memory
… Even tho my heart is broken I can’t help but laugh at the memories I have with u… like u running out to the pool in ur speedo! Hahaha everyone was cracking up! And as usual it was you who made us all laugh! …
Funeral image here Funeral image here
Front‐Stage Grieving
0 2 4 6 8
10 12 14 16 18 20
Pre‐Passing Post‐Passing
Series 1
Funeral image here Funeral image here
LeWng Go or ConCnuing Bonds?
Funeral image here Funeral image here
LeWng Go or ConCnuing Bonds?
“Anytime someone asks me why I want to be a teacher, I think of you and smile. Thanks for inspiring me. I still miss you and I always will!”
Non‐immediacy Index
• arCcles
Funeral image here Funeral image here
LeWng Go or ConCnuing Bonds?
“Anytime someone asks me why I want to be a teacher, I think of you and smile. Thanks for inspiring me. I still miss you and I always will!”
Non‐immediacy Index
• arCcles • six le[er words
Funeral image here Funeral image here
LeWng Go or ConCnuing Bonds?
“Anytime someone asks me why I want to be a teacher, I think of you and smile. Thanks for inspiring me. I still miss you and I always will!”
Non‐immediacy Index
+ arCcles + six le[er words ‐ 1st person singular
Funeral image here Funeral image here
LeWng Go or ConCnuing Bonds?
“Anytime someone asks me why I want to be a teacher, I think of you and smile. Thanks for inspiring me. I still miss you and I always will!”
Non‐immediacy Index
+ arCcles + six le[er words ‐ 1st person singular ‐ discrepancy words
Funeral image here Funeral image here
LeWng Go or ConCnuing Bonds?
“Anytime someone asks me why I want to be a teacher, I think of you and smile. Thanks for inspiring me. I still miss you and I always will!”
Non‐immediacy Index
+ arCcles + six le[er words ‐ 1st person singular ‐ discrepancy words ‐ present tense verbs
‐8
‐6
‐4
‐2
0
2
4
6 Series 1
Immediate
Non‐immediate
Pre‐Passing Post‐Passing
Front Stage Grieving Continuing Bonds
I Said Your Name in an Empty Room: Grieving and Continuing Bonds on
Emily Getty, [email protected] Jessica Cobb, [email protected] Meryl Gabeler, [email protected] Christine Nelson, [email protected] Ellis Weng, [email protected] Jeffrey Hancock, [email protected]
CHI 2011 Vancouver, BC
“i miss you so much. sometimes i just need you to make me laugh.”
“Merry Christmas! Thanks for the visit lastnight... always good to see you in my
dreams.” “i wish the world had more people like you in it. you know i love you.”
“thinking about you today. miss u.”