In "Grief in the Age of Facebook, Stone notes that her students "almost never make phone calls if they can help it, so Kelsey's message alone should have raised my antenna. She blogs, she tweets, she texts, and she pings. but voice mail? No."
1. How do you communicate with friends and family when the topic is important? Do you use synchronous, or "live" means of communication, i.e. face-to-face, or by telephone? Or do you use asynchronous, or one-sided means of communication, such as Facebook, texting, blogs or e-mails?
2. Stone also highlights the act of replacing Facebook profile photos with those that include the person who died. She notes that we are uncertain as how long these memorial photos are to be posted. What is the correct amount of time to mourn someone electronically?
3. What is your opinion of Facebook's policy of memorial pages for friends and family that are deceased? Do these pages serve a purpose other than informing the world of the person's death? Do you agree with this electronic (and public) display of grief?
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