SUICIDE, SOCIAL TIES AND FACEBOOK: ethnographic analysis with groups on digital social media

Abstract

Inserted in the field of communication in strong dialogue with socio-anthropology, from the methodological approach of ethnography to the internet, this article identifies the existence of groups on digital social media that create spaces to share content related to suicide. The main results point to three issues: first, suicide is an act of communication on the internet. Second, digital social media enables other ways of creating social bonds. These bonds, perceived as intermediate bonds, can collaborate to prevent and combat self-inflicted death. Third, the absence of institutional organizations that mediate content sharing in groups that, especially, are composed of members considered vulnerable and at risk. Mostly, these groups are occupied by young people.