The preponderance of technology and digital connectedness has revolutionized every aspect of humans’ social life, including death. Digital technologies are reshaping how the interactions between the living and the dead are negotiated. Indeed, emerging technologies are not only embedded in end-of-life, death, and grief experiences, they are also changing the global context in which these phenomena take place. Although interactions between death-related phenomena and technologies are not new, the ubiquitous presence of digitalized spaces drastically increased the salience and the magnitude of these interactions. To further and structure the understanding of these interactions, we introduce the concept of cyberthanatology as the articulation of death and all related phenomena with and within the digital space. In the light of this framing concept, this paper explores the topology of online death-related behaviors and phenomena, reviews the current state of knowledge on the online representation of death and grief, and identifies the challenges that will have to be faced in the future in order to optimally integrate the understanding of death-related phenomena in the larger field of cyberpsychology. By promoting and nurturing the dialog between the fields of cyberpsychology and death studies, cyberthanatology research will not only result in theoretical advances but also contribute to generate practical knowledge to help people deal with death and grief in the modern technological age.

技术和数字连接的优势彻底改变了人类社会生活的方方面面，包括死亡。数字技术正在重塑协商生与死之间相互作用的方式。确实，新兴技术不仅嵌入了生命的终结，死亡和悲伤的经历，而且还在改变发生这些现象的全球环境。尽管与死亡有关的现象与技术之间的相互作用并不是新事物，但数字化空间的普遍存在极大地提高了这些相互作用的显着性和强度。为了进一步理解和理解这些相互作用，我们引入了计算机超声学的概念，将其表达为死亡以及所有与数字空间有关的现象以及与之相关的所有现象。根据这个框架概念，本文探讨了与死亡相关的在线行为和现象的拓扑结构，回顾了关于死亡和悲伤的在线表示的当前知识状态，并确定了未来要最佳地整合对死亡的理解所必须面对的挑战。网络心理学领域中与死亡相关的现象。通过促进和培育网络心理学和死亡研究领域之间的对话，网络遗传学研究不仅将带来理论上的进步，而且还将有助于产生实用知识，以帮助人们应对现代技术时代的死亡和悲痛。并确定了未来的挑战，以便在更大范围的网络心理学领域中更好地整合对死亡相关现象的理解。通过促进和培育网络心理学和死亡研究领域之间的对话，网络遗传学研究不仅将带来理论上的进步，而且还将有助于产生实用知识，以帮助人们应对现代技术时代的死亡和悲痛。并确定了未来的挑战，以便在更大范围的网络心理学领域中更好地整合对死亡相关现象的理解。通过促进和培育网络心理学和死亡研究领域之间的对话，网络遗传学研究不仅将带来理论上的进步，而且还将有助于产生实用知识，以帮助人们应对现代技术时代的死亡和悲痛。