“Gone too soon” : did Twitter grieve for Michael Jackson?

• Main Authors: Lee, Chei Sian, Goh, Dion Hoe-Lian
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/102395; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/16513
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Purpose – Grieving resulting from death is a painful process and individuals invariably seek support to help them through this difficult period. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role microblogs play in providing social support following the death of a public figure, Michael Jackson, “...