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Mediated memories in the digital age / José van Dijck.

By: Series: Cultural memory in the presentPublication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007.Description: xviii, 232 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780804756235
  • 0804756236
  • 9780804756242
  • 0804756244
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Contents:
Mediated Memories as a Conceptual Tool
Memory Matters in the Digital Age
Composing the Self
Record and Hold
Pictures of Life, Live Pictures
Projecting the Family's Future Past
From Shoebox to Digital Memory Machine
Epilogue
Summary: This book studies how our personal memory is transformed as a result of technological and cultural transformations: digital photo cameras, camcorders, and multimedia computers inevitably change the way we remember and affect conventional forms of recollection.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-228) and index.

Mediated Memories as a Conceptual Tool

Memory Matters in the Digital Age

Composing the Self

Record and Hold

Pictures of Life, Live Pictures

Projecting the Family's Future Past

From Shoebox to Digital Memory Machine

Epilogue

This book studies how our personal memory is transformed as a result of technological and cultural transformations: digital photo cameras, camcorders, and multimedia computers inevitably change the way we remember and affect conventional forms of recollection.