Monday, December 13, 2010

Facebook as personal narrative

I read this piece (through a link from the Daily Dish) last night and it gave me chills. We put so much of ourselves online these days--and I don't think that's inherently bad. One unintended consequence--Facebook creates a narrative of one woman's life and very sad death.
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2 comments:

  1. AMTDecember 15, 2010 at 12:40 AM

    Well, that was horrible and sad and scary. I've never even heard of the condition she had. It is interesting how the tragedy played out so publicly.

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  2. KateDecember 30, 2010 at 5:26 PM

    I read that piece in the Washington Post. It was devastating; I wanted a happy ending. I agree with Amber that the public-ness of the story is interesting.

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