Static Glow

Samson, Audrey; and Tobias Schäfer, Mirko. 2018. Static Glow. In: Rosi Braidotti and Maria Hlavajova, eds. Posthuman Glossary. London: Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 407-411. ISBN 9781350030244 [Book Section]
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Static Glow refers to the phenomenon by which data persists in the network long after the person it relates to is dead. Such as the so-called Facebook ‘ghost profiles’; accounts owned by the deceased that continue to appear in ‘Friends’, ‘Suggestions’, and somewhat more disturbingly, ‘Birthday reminders’.
Example: Her static glow still lingers after 4 years.
This article discusses the historical context of static glow, as well as its current and future significance.
Item Type Book Section
Keywords Static glow, Datafication, Afterlife, Social media, Death online studies, Posthumous-agents, Necro-financialisation
Departments, Centres and Research Units Art
Date Deposited 09 Dec 2019 16:08
Last Modified 12 Jun 2021 14:38

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