Grief+on+social+media

Home Back to media =__**The** **way we grieve, through social media**__=



__**Over the years**__ A ton of time has passed, with the development of technology and its many resources. One of its most popular aspects, social media, has become the stepping stool for almost everything we do nowadays. When we talk about the topic of death, social media happens to bring a new, less formal practice of grieving to the table in comparison to the standard funeral gatherings. So social media can be used negatively depending on the user, but it definitely brings more positive than it actually shows negative.

__**Bringing the Community Together**__ During many sad instances within a community, social media has proven to bring a broken community together as one. This was the case with, Jalal "Lal" Ross-Beyah's death. Age 29, he was fatally shot outside an Atlanta Strip Club. Once the death occurred it shook the Southside of Atlanta, especially all over social media like Instagram and Facebook, which had been the primary way the community found out. Although many friends and his family were broken, thousands of people in the community came together on social media and in person to mourn the death of someone who was Humble among all. "Been Broke Before", the community organization he co-founded had their clothing worn by many community members all over and once you wore that hoodie or T-shirt with the organizations name, you were considered family no matter where you were from. Pictures of the candle lit and stories of Lal were posted all throughout Instagram and Facebook, bringing not only tears but smiles to many faces.



There have been times where social media brought about a negative impact that brought a group of people or community together but with hostile energy, instead of uplifting, positive energy. This was the case with the Kenneka Jenkins case files and photos being leaked through Instagram and Facebook. The pictures that were leaked caused discomfort and an uproar, due to the fact the case had just been recently closed and considered an accident. Although it caused problems for the community, it still brought them together as they came at authorities requesting them to open back up the case.
 * __Negative Use that still unites__**

__**References**__
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