Remember me : memory and forgetting in the digital age
Sisto, Davide, 1978-2021
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As the end of December draws near, Facebook routinely sends users a short video entitled 'Your Year on Facebook'. It lasts about a minute and brings together the images and posts that received the highest number of comments and likes over the last year. The video is rounded off with a message from Facebook that reads: 'Sometimes, looking back helps us remember what matters most. Thanks for being here.' It is this 'looking back', increasingly the focus of social networks, that is the inspiration behind Davide Sisto's reflection on how our relationship with remembering and forgetting is changing in the digital era. The past does not really exist: it is only a story we tell ourselves. But what happens when we tell this story not only to ourselves but also to our followers, when it is recorded not only on our social media pages but also on the pages of hundreds or thousands of others?
Main title:
Remember me : memory and forgetting in the digital age / Davide Sisto ; translated by Alice Kilgarriff.
Author:
Sisto, Davide, 1978-, authorKilgarriff, Alice, translator
Imprint:
Cambridge : Polity, [2021]©2021
Collation:
viii, 155 pages ; 22 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Italian.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781509545049 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
153.120285153.12 SIST
Language:
EnglishItalian
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BRN:
1112016
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