Title
Memorialization In Academe: A Preliminary Investigation Of The Content Patterns And Author Motivations In Crtnet Memorials
Keywords
communication discipline; CRTNET; grief; Internet; memorialization
Abstract
This study examines the extent to which the Memorial Attribute Model accounts for the memorials posted on the Communication Research and Theory Network (CRTNET). Results show that the model's strength is its emphasis on the surrogacy function of memorials and the role that relationships between author and deceased play in illuminating the memorial content, length and author motivations. Colleagues are the most prolific authors of CRTNET memorials while 'colleague and friend' was the most frequent combination of author-deceased relationships indicated in the memorials. However, the model falls short of recognizing the prominence of expressing admiration and gratitude for the deceased above expression of grief, addressing unfinished business and treating the deceased as a social presence. © 2010 Mudra Institute of Communications.
Publication Date
7-1-2010
Publication Title
Journal of Creative Communications
Volume
5
Issue
2
Number of Pages
89-104
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1177/0973258612458851
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
84867737882 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84867737882
STARS Citation
Musambira, George W., "Memorialization In Academe: A Preliminary Investigation Of The Content Patterns And Author Motivations In Crtnet Memorials" (2010). Scopus Export 2010-2014. 983.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2010/983