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Assessing Support for Mortality: An Environmental Scan of Online Platforms

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Though online platforms have begun to include support for end-of-life needs, their development has been piecemeal and varies from platform to platform. Recent social computing research has examined end-of-life support on social media platforms and platforms specifically designed for grief and remembrance. However, understanding the functional end-of-life support provided by a wider array of platforms is needed to identify the most urgent design priorities beyond social media and remembrance-specific platforms. In this study, we present the results of a large-scale, multi-platform analysis of end-of-life support, summarizing the current state and identifying gaps as of April 2023. This study helps identify priorities to guide platform design and future research by identifying the current state of existing end-of-life support and gaps in that support.

Source: Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

DOI: 10.1145/3710930

Authors: Dylan Thomas Doyle, Casey Paul, Jed R. Brubaker

Institution: University of Colorado Boulder

Language: English

Topic: Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning

Subfield: Anthropology

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: Universitas Brawijaya