Download or read book The Language of Illness and Death on Social Media written by Carsten Stage and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-29 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the language created in Facebook groups that relate shared experiences of illness, dying and mourning. It develops a theoretical and analytical framework for understanding the use and rhythms of emojis, interjections and other forms of “intensive” writing in social media of this kind.