Mediated Death by Johanna Sumiala PAPERBACK 9781509544547

Mediated Death\nby Johanna Sumiala\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Johanna Sumiala\nTitle: Mediated Death\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Interdisciplinary studies\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd\nPublication year: 2021\nISBN-13: 9781509544547\nISBN-10: 1509544542\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nHow do the dead live among us today? \nApproaching death from the perspective of media and communication studies, anthropology, and sociology, this book explains how the all-encompassing presence of mediated death profoundly transforms contemporary society. It explores rituals of mourning and the livestreaming of death in hybrid media, as well as contemporary media-driven practices of immortalization. Sumiala draws on examples ranging from the iconic deaths of Margaret Thatc.