Abstract
This paper's major focus is a case study of China’s so-called online “wailing wall”: Dr Li's Sina Weibo threads and their comments. It uses a hybrid method of qualitative and quantitative research, drawing on both detailed interpretation and digital humanities approaches. The paper identifies, taxonomizes, and analyses new narrative patterns in such examples of online mourning, and investigates ways in which participatory mourning and innovative elegiac performance are enabled by social media with their uniquely expanded and extended functions. To give this particular conference paper an appropriate scope, the period of 23 July – 8 August 2021 is chosen to showcase the intersection of a global event (the Tokyo Olympic Games) and Chinese netizens’ continuous efforts to mourn Li on Weibo.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - Jan 2022 |
| Event | Building a Techno-Humanities Culture in Hong Kong - Caritas Institute of Higher Education, Hong Kong Duration: 5 Jan 2022 → 6 May 2022 https://www.cihe.edu.hk/en/schools-and-offices/schools-and-departments/school-of-humanities-and-languages/techno-humanities-research-centre/index.html#:~:text=The%20Techno%2DHumanities%20Research%20Centre,and%20Hong%20Kong%20in%20particular. |
Conference
| Conference | Building a Techno-Humanities Culture in Hong Kong |
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| Country/Territory | Hong Kong |
| Period | 5/01/22 → 6/05/22 |
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Keywords
- online mourning
- social media analysis
- COVID-19
- elegy
- addressee
- Sentiment analysis