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Death Online: When celebrities die

Death Online: When celebrities die

FromWhy'd You Push That Button?


Death Online: When celebrities die

FromWhy'd You Push That Button?

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Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Jun 26, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In the third and final episode of the Death Online series, Ashley Carman and Kaitlyn Tiffany analyze why people flock to Twitter after a celebrity dies. Guests include a reporter who is all too familiar with the phenomenon, a writer who fears the day his favorite celebrity passes, a musician we force to think about her own death, and a sociologist who contextualizes "celebrity death Twitter" in the broader history of public mourning. 
Released:
Jun 26, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (46)

Why’d you like that celebrity photo on Instagram? Why’d you leave that restaurant review on Yelp? Why’d you text in lowercase, or turn on read receipts, or share your location? The Verge’s Ashley Carman and Kaitlyn Tiffany ask the hard, weird, and occasionally dumb questions about how your tiny tech decisions impact your social life.