Social Media and the Automatic Production of Memory: Classification, Ranking and the Sorting of the Past

Ben Jacobsen (University of York),David Beer (University of York)

Social Media and the Automatic Production of Memory: Classification, Ranking and the Sorting of the Past
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
1 April 2021
Pages
128
ISBN
9781529218152

Social Media and the Automatic Production of Memory: Classification, Ranking and the Sorting of the Past

Ben Jacobsen (University of York),David Beer (University of York)

Social media platforms hold vast amounts of biographical data about our lives. They repackage our past content as ‘memories’ and deliver them back to us. But how does that change the way we remember?

Drawing on original qualitative research as well as industry documents and reports, this book critically explores the process behind this new form of memory making. In asking how social media are beginning to change the way we remember, it will be essential reading for scholars and students who are interested in understanding the algorithmically defined spaces of our lives.

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