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Social Media Grieving

Hattie L Isaac

PHI103 Informal Logic

Instructor Cora Moore

May 30, 2019

Social Media Grieving

Most social media users, especially Facebook, have at least once, taken part in posting information about the death of their loved ones. According to Ware, grieving is an individual experience that humans undergo(2016). In modern society, as ware instructs, the most common outlet that people use for grieving the loss of their immediate friends or family members is social media.Social media grieving has received varying reactions from different people. According to some, grieving on social media allows people to take part in the grieving process, enables acceptance of the experience, and connects people through communication (Ware, 2016). Those who oppose, on the other hand, hold that grieving on social media damages the decease’s reputation and displaying of the decease’s information, after time, emotionally affects those left behind. This discussion, argues the pros and cons of that particular grieving process.

Presentation of an Argument Agreeing Social Media is a Place to Grieve a Loss 

Premise1: Online grieving through social media provides fast means and high capabilities of

communicating.

Premise 2: Social media is a great way for normalizing the experience that people have during the loss of

their loved one (Frost, 2017).

Premise 3: Social media grieving brings inclusiveness for a huge community, where the bereaved find

individuals to grieve with comfortably.

Premise 4: Social media grieving is a very vibrant and dynamic means through which people; familes,

friends, and neighbours create memories, and remember their loved ones (Moore et al., 2017).

Premise 5: For those who cannot make a connection physical, online acts as an alternative.

CONCLUSION: Therefore, considering, inclusion, connectivity, memorization, and normalization of

emotions,social media is a safe haven for grieving.

. According to research, socal media is one means through which information can reach

people. Currently, people are separated by distance. Traditional means of communication, such

as mailing letters about bereavement may not be secure due to loss along the way(Vitak et al.,

2017). As a result, social media mourning by simple posts like RIP makes it easier to inform

those in far locations in a very secure and less costly manner, ensuring the message is received,

and on time. Also, some people, in modern society, are never willing or comfortable to

physically connect with others. This can be hard for them to grieve in the presence of others in

the time of bereavement. However, with social media grieving, an alternative to connecting in a

physical invironment is provided, making it safe for individuals to mourn comfortably and

express their feelings boldly (Vitak et al., 2017). By providing for an efficient and cost

effective communication means and comfort for introverts, social media grieving makes it safe

for individuals to morn with convenience.

Presentation of an Argument Disagreeing Social Media is a Place to Grieve a Loss 

Although those opposing have had their own stand, there has been contrast about the use of social media by people to grieve their loved ones, citing their different reasons.

Premise 1: Grieving the loss of a loved one on the internet can be hard to manage due to the impressions created by haters.

Premise 2: After death, some people would find it possible to torture the bereaved and defamed their character, making it possible for the family to suffer emotionally.

Premise 3: Publication of the deceased death will lead to different reactions and comments, harming the dead person’s image.

Premise 4: Continued use of the deceased profile can lead to stealing the deceased personal information,causing complications with family members.

Premise 5: Grieving on social media can make it hard to cope with any kind of pain that is associated with coping and the “mourning process”.

In the light of the arguments presented by the opposers, one can truly decide not to grieve the loss of a loved one on social media platforms. According to the group, it is difficult to control any immpressions arising from the deceased.

Evaluation of Arguments:

An analysis of the two sides of the argument reveals a difference in quality. Taking into consideration arguments from the positive side, the premise that safe and sure messaging through social media is hard to justify. Some messages do not guarantee 100% delivery since they might get lost along the way due to internet issues(crashing, power outage, virus attacks, etc. (Zang and Cupta, 2018). In addition, truth cannot be justibied that everyone will eccept their experiences because others are going through the same thing. This is because grief is an individualized experience forevery human. One fallacy in the argument for social media grieving is that people claim to think human being are inticed to comfort by the commonality in their situations (Zhang & Gupta, 2018). Different situations carry different amounts of impacts and depending on the relationship between the bereaved and the dead, people undergo grieving emotional effects. As such,it cannot be ascertained that knowing that others are also grieving their loss ones can help heal the wounds and make it look like nothing happened.

Taking the opposition side into account, personally. I would say the premises carry a much stronger weight, and thus, I take this side. With what is currently happening due to advanced technology, anything wrong can happen on the internet. Many times, cases of cyber-attacks have been heard, due to the presence of better hackingptools and techniques (Zhang, & Gupta, 2018).

In a similar manner, social media accounts have been hacked and fake information and dirty information pasted on the owner’s page. Emotions can be triggered in different ways: seeing and hearing being the most critical ones (Barrett, 2017). Thinking about it from that perspective, I therefore, support the idea that social media has negative impacts and should not be embraced.

CONCLUSION:

In conclusion, although social media grieving has been embraced by the modern generation, it does come with impacts. The society in general is not immune to these impacts. One can learn some facts from the various impacts of grieving on social media. First, it is clear that social media can deform a deceased’s image. Second, grieving is a changing process, taking different forms as technology advances. However, how it is done creates some varying attitude among those who do it through technology. Social mediagrieving hasrecieved different opinions which upon analysis, one could find it hard to decide whether to embrace or not. A good analysis coupled with a ppropriate resoning is required to reach the most appropriate decision. Both positive and negative impacts should be taken into consideration. This way, the pros will be enjoyed and the cons will be avoided.

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