1. Loosing a friend on Facebook “How do Facebook users react when a Facebook friend passes away and how do they feel about having deceased people amongst Facebook friends?” Group 1: Halla & Höskuldur

3. Background litterature The grieving process – Ends to early with the funeral Technology and grieving – Placing mobile phones in coffins to maintain a connection with the dead Grieving online – “I also post messages on his Facebook. In some weird way I feel like he sees it”

4. Theoretical framework Goffman – The Presentation of Self Giddens – Structure and agency Social constructivism – Individual's learning that takes place because of their interactions in a group

5. Methadology Survey – Posted on Facebook Semi Structured Interviews – People who had lost friends on Facebook

6. Findings People want to maintain a connection. People don´t remove deceased friends. There is no difference between the dead and alive on Facebook.

7. What does this mean? Demands of the Facebook generation – Connection to everyone on Facebook – dead or alive Future of Facebook – Deceased people stand still in time and space – Most respondants had 1-2 Facebook friends who were deceased. What about in 20 years? – Facebook will have to take action to distinguish the living from the dead. How?

8. Discussion Main take away point – The future of Facebook in regards to the living vs. the deceased. Most interesting thing we learned – People sometimes communicate with deceased peoples wall, without knowing that they are dead Limitations – Delecate subject, difficult to approach – People living abroad may have different needs

9. Conclusion  People have a need to maintain a Facebook connection to deceased friends  The number of deceased on Facebook will increase - fast  As long as there is no distinction between the living and the dead – this will cause problems  Further research is needed to find the optimal solution to this