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Journalism and Memorialization in the Age of Social Media This page intentionally left blank Journalism and Memorialization in the Age of Social Media Peter Joseph Gloviczki JOURNALISM AND MEMORIALIZATION IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA Copyright © Peter Joseph Gloviczki, 2015. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-46536-8 All rights reserved. First published in 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States— a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-49951-9 ISBN 978-1-137-46087-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137460875 Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Gloviczki, Peter Joseph. Journalism and memorialization in the age of social media / Peter Joseph Gloviczki. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Online social networks. 2. Memorialization— Social aspects. 3. Social media. 4. Journalism— United States— History— 21st century. 5. Virginia Tech Shootings, Blacksburg, Va., 2007— Case studies. I. Title. HM742.G58 2015 302.30285— dc23 2014039797 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Scribe Inc. First edition: April 2015 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For Jenny and my mother and father This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Illustrations ix Foreword xi Preface xvii Acknowledgments xix 1 Journalism in the Age of Social Media 1 2 The Case of the “In Memorial: Virginia Tech” Facebook Group 25 3 The News Cycle in the Age of Social Media 45 4 Public Memory in the Online World 65 5 Emotion on the Screen 85 6 The Audience after Virginia Tech 105 Notes 127 Bibliography 151 Index 181 This page intentionally left blank Illustrations Figures Figure 3.1 The process of identifying the news cycle in social media conversations 48 Figure 3.2 The six stages of the news cycle 50 Figure 5.1 Measuring effectiveness of socioemotional expression in online memorial groups by desired goals and goals accomplished 93 Tables Table 2.1 Virtual presence and virtual absence in a memorial group context 41 Table 3.1 Users may be seeking different forms of media for information and expression 56 Table 4.1 Three aspects of memorialization 66 Table 4.2 Criteria for social media sharing 75
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