Is It Okay To Mourn Celebrity Death Online? | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios

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Let PBS know what type of digital series you'd like to see by taking this survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/pbsds2016 Is the internet an “acceptable” place to mourn? Tweet us! http://bit.ly/pbsideachanneltwitter Idea Channel Facebook! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelfacebook Talk about this episode on reddit! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelreddit Idea Channel IRC! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelirc Email us! pbsideachannel [at] gmail [dot] com As we progress further into the age of technology and social media, some new trends have emerged around how we as a society deal with death. The younger generation’s tendencies to mourn in the public space that is the internet has been met with a certain amount of criticism and contempt, but is it warranted? Our modern culture has created a stigma around the ways in which we choose to grieve, and has attempted to designate what is “acceptable” and “genuine,” and what is not. On this week’s Idea Channel, we offer a defense of online mourning, and why it should not be met with such disdain. Please express your own views in the comments below! FURTHER READING: Funeral Selfies Are The Latest Evidence Apocalypse Can't Come Soon Enough http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/29/funeral-selfies_n_4175153.html Teenagers Are Taking Selfies At Funerals — And A New Tumblr Has The Entire Cringeworthy Collection http://www.businessinsider.com/selfies-at-funerals-tumblr-2013-10 A Passionate Defense of Selfies at Funerals http://jezebel.com/a-passionate-defense-of-selfies-at-funerals-1455095190 RT If You're :( About Someone Dying http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/11/01/mourning_on_social_media_it_s_not_crass.html On social media and collective mourning http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/08/on-social-media-and-collective-mourning-193800 Generation Why? http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2010/11/25/generation-why/ RIP to #RIP: Why We Should Give Up Public Mourning on Social Media http://www.vogue.com/3620415/public-mourning-social-media/ The power of communal grief: Mourning Mandela and beyond http://www.salon.com/2013/12/06/the_power_of_communal_grief_mourning_mandela_and_beyond/ An Online Generation Redefines Mourning http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/23/fashion/an-online-generation-redefines-mourning.html?_r=0 Enter the Grief Police http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/01/enter-the-grief-police/424746/ AFTER DEATH, DON’T MOURN, DIGITIZE WITH SITES LIKE ETERNI.ME http://www.newsweek.com/2014/08/29/after-death-dont-mourn-digitize-sites-eternime-264892.html How We Mourn in the Age of Social Media http://time.com/47252/mourning-social-media/ Bowie's Law: Grief is a delicate thing and too much internet mourning can make hypocrites of us all​ http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/david-bowie-grief-is-a-delicate-thing-and-too-much-internet-mourning-can-make-hypocrites-of-us-all-a6823226.html ----------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­­---------------------------- TWEET OF THE WEEK: https://twitter.com/ohsoordinary/status/709762344159588353 ----------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­­---------------------------- ASSET LINKS: All asset links can be viewed here in this fun Google doc! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FNI1IhbgEgA831-uiIbLgChA0j14NS1sPjqVHwjF_48/edit?usp=sharing ----------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­---------------------------- Music: "Europe" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Level 5" by Room for the Homeless (http://bit.ly/10N0Ykm) "Bouncy Castle" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) ":P" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Squarehead" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Number Cruncher" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Little Birthday Acid" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Topskore" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Anti Vanishing Spray" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Tarty Prash" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Carry on Carillon" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Uptown Tennis Club" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Squarehead" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Dream Of Autumn" by Night Shift Master https://soundcloud.com/dj-darkmatter- "Insert Toy For Coin" by Eatme (http://eatme.pro/music/) "Dizor" by Outsider https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440 "Lets go back to the rock" by Outsider https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440 "Something like this" by Outsider https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440 ----------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­---------------------------- Written and hosted by Mike Rugnetta (@mikerugnetta) (who also has a podcast! Reasonably Sound: http://bit.ly/1sCn0BF) Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com)