Social Media and the Automatic Production of Memory by Ben Jacobsen

Social Media and the Automatic Production of Memory by Ben Jacobsen

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Summary

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, this unique book asks how social media are beginning to change the way we remember.

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Social Media and the Automatic Production of Memory by Ben Jacobsen

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.

Ben Jacobsen is a researcher based at the University of York.

David Beer is Professor of Sociology at the University of York.

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ISBN 13 9781529218152
ISBN 10 1529218152
Title Social Media and the Automatic Production of Memory
Author Ben Jacobsen
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Bristol University Press
Year published 2021-04-01
Number of pages 128
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