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SUMMARY:Death\, Identity\, and the Social Network - Jed Brubaker\, Univers
 ity of California
DTSTART:20150302T100000Z
DTEND:20150302T110000Z
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CONTACT:Microsoft Research Cambridge Talks Admins
DESCRIPTION:What happens to our accounts\, data\, and digital identities a
 fter we die? Over two million US social media users will die this year\, b
 ut their deaths do not necessarily result in the elimination of their acco
 unts or places inside networks of “friends.” This leaves friends and f
 amilies with both the opportunity and challenge of incorporating digital i
 dentities into their practices of grief and mourning. Meanwhile\, post-mor
 tem digital identities require designers and administrators to address the
  ongoing use and maintenance of post-mortem data. In this talk\, I share f
 indings from mixed-methods research on digital afterlives. I identify how 
 people interact with profiles the account holder’s death\, describe “p
 ost-mortem social networking" practices\, articulate the multiple and conf
 licting needs of survivors\, and present design research addressing the ma
 nagement of post-mortem digital identities. Finally\, I discuss what death
  tells us about the technological design of identity\, how identity infras
 tructure operationalizes the user\, and the importance of future research 
 that accounts for the infrastructure that undergirds user-centered researc
 h and practice within HCI.
LOCATION:Auditorium\, Microsoft Research Ltd\, 21 Station Road\, Cambridge
 \, CB1 2FB
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