Viver e morrer no Orkut: os paradoxos da rematerialização do ciberespaço

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  • Afonso de Albuquerque UFRJ

Keywords:

Orkut. Death. Computer Media Communication. Mourning.

Abstract

This article aims to discuss some questions about the experience of death, as it occurs in Orkut, an online community which became very popular among Brazilian users. What death reveals about the life in cyberspace? How the mourning process is experienced when the users' profiles survive to the death? How the others' deaths can be an occasion to think about the meaning of life?

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Author Biography

Afonso de Albuquerque, UFRJ

Doutor em Comunicação e Cultura – UFRJ, Pesquisador e Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação da Universidade Federal Fluminense

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Published

2025-02-11

How to Cite

de Albuquerque, A. “Viver E Morrer No Orkut: Os Paradoxos Da rematerialização Do ciberespaço”. Intexto, no. 17, Feb. 2025, https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/intexto/article/view/4229.

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No. 17 (2007)

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