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Publication Date: 2018
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Communicating Grief and Loss Online: Evaluating Person-Centered Support Messages
Communication Teacher, v32 n4 p203-208 2018
This single-class activity expands current literature on person-centered messages by providing attention to message quality in mediated contexts. Students begin the activity by reviewing a hypothetical scenario in which a friend has posted about a family death loss on social media. After reviewing this scenario, students then create sample supportive messages that they could share with a grieving friend. Students are also asked to apply their knowledge about person-centered messages to evaluate other fictional support messages. Students who participate in this activity will be provided with additional skills for comforting grieving friends effectively. Courses: This single-class activity can be implemented in several courses, including interpersonal communication, the dark side of interpersonal communication, and family communication. Objectives: Students who complete this activity should be able to: (1) outline what qualities comprise a person-centered support message; (2) discuss why highly person-centered messages are effective in providing support to others; and (3) evaluate death loss support messages across levels of person centeredness. [A combined list of references and suggested readings is provided.]
Descriptors: Grief, Computer Mediated Communication, Death, Social Media, Vignettes, Friendship, Social Support Groups, Interpersonal Communication, Family Relationship, Teaching Methods, Learning Activities, Student Attitudes
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