Marc LAperouza on the online aftermath of the Sichuan earthquake:

The State Council (China’s top executive agency) launched an online mourning campaign: as part of three day mourning period related to the earthquake, ALL websites were ordered to take down entertainment and game sections and to redirect to ones dedicated to commemorating earthquake victims.

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The online world has a role to play in the mourning process, being such an effective conversation tool, now the chinese seem to take this concept to a whole new level.

In Korea, newspapers turn to online forums for quotes and opinions after a drama, calling people by their nicknames, which creates a weird mix of lightness and gravity when one reads “lovebug23 thinks that death could have been avoided”.

Makes me wonder if there is such a thing as mourning spam.

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