Rituals for celebrating life and mourning death are essential for healing in bereaved families. Online technology and social networking are expanding and transforming the traditional rituals of newspaper obituaries and live memorial services into dynamic new formats. The Internet's constant accessibility, along with the technology for hyperlinks and uploading images, audio, and video with few limitations on space and content, enables creativity and widespread participation by mourners. The bereaved are not an audience on the Internet; they are contributors.
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