Social Media and the Automatic Production of Memory - Ben Jacobsen

Social Media and the Automatic Production of Memory

Classification, Ranking and the Sorting of the Past

; David Beer

Social media platforms hold vast amounts of data about our lives. Content from the past is increasingly being presented in the form of ‘memories’.
Critically exploring this new form of memory making, Jacobsen and Beer ask how social media are beginning to change the way we remember and consider important implications for the role of content in the algorithmically defined spaces of our lives. Les mer
Vår pris
726,-

(Innbundet) Fri frakt!
Leveringstid: Sendes innen 21 dager

Innbundet
Legg i
Innbundet
Legg i
Vår pris: 726,-

(Innbundet) Fri frakt!
Leveringstid: Sendes innen 21 dager

Social media platforms hold vast amounts of data about our lives. Content from the past is increasingly being presented in the form of ‘memories’.
Critically exploring this new form of memory making, Jacobsen and Beer ask how social media are beginning to change the way we remember and consider important implications for the role of content in the algorithmically defined spaces of our lives.
Introduction: Unpicking The Automation Of Memory Making
A Taxonomy Of Memory Themes: Partitioning The Memorable
The Computational Surfacing Of Memories: Promoting The Memorable
The Reception Of Targeted Memories In Everyday Life: Classificatory Struggles And The Tensions Of Remembering
Conclusion: Sorting The Past
Ben Jacobsen is a researcher based at the University of York.
David Beer is Professor of Sociology at the University of York.