Why'd You Push That Button?
Why'd You Push That Button?
The Verge
Death Online: When celebrities die
39 minutes Posted Jun 26, 2019 at 3:00 am.
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In the third and final episode of the Death Online series, Ashley Carman and Kaitlyn Tiffany analyze why people flock to Twitter after a celebrity dies. Guests include a reporter who is all too familiar with the phenomenon, a writer who fears the day his favorite celebrity passes, a musician we force to think about her own death, and a sociologist who contextualizes "celebrity death Twitter" in the broader history of public mourning. 

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