I’m Telling You for the Last Time: Digital Mediations of Ambiguous Grief, Coping and Resilience on ‘Glioblastology’ Journal Article

Overview

This paper examines the way ambiguous grief related to terminal illness is mediated through a blog titled Glioblastology and via social media engagement with its content and author. Building from the psychology framework of ambiguous loss, this paper positions ambiguous grief as a salient lens through which to discover how users in need of coping spaces are engaging digital space as a medium for meaning making and coping during the diagnosis of a terminal illness.