A Virtual Life after Death: An exploratory study with special reference to India

Authors

  • Dr. Sharuti Choudhary  Assistant Professor, Information Technology, IILM Graduate School of Management, Greater Noida, India

Keywords:

Digital Legacy, empirical study, digital artefacts, preserving data

Abstract

This research paper explores the awareness of and sentiments toward digital legacy through 60 structured interviews carried out in Delhi NCR. The prime focuses are on the methodical aspects and the conducted study considerations. In short, digital legacy in this review refers to the digital artefacts people consider worthy of preserving either for practical, historical, sentimental or even economical reasons, and which are most often inaccessible due to password protection (Waagstein 2013). The study is based upon the idea that very few people presumably give thought to their digital legacy due to the subject matter’s novelty. In this study respondents were also asked to what degree they felt that their digital legacy was important to them and what artefacts they regarded as valuable and potential heirlooms. The empirical study showed that the respondents were not aware of their digital legacy at all. However, following the interviews many of the respondents changed practice both professionally and personally, ensuring their digital access after they will decease. The study also identified the types of artefacts respondents considered as either practically or emotionally important, or worthy of preserving. In the end, this study gives recommendation for such situations.

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2018-04-30

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Volume 3, Issue 3, March-April-2018

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Dr. Sharuti Choudhary, " A Virtual Life after Death: An exploratory study with special reference to India, IInternational Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology(IJSRCSEIT), ISSN : 2456-3307, Volume 3, Issue 3, pp.1876-1881, March-April-2018.