Research Catalog

Title

The end of forgetting : growing up with social media / Kate Eichhorn.

Author

Eichhorn, Kate, 1971-

Publication

• Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
• ©2019

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Details

Description

185 pages; 22 cm

Summary

"Until recently, the awkward moments of growing up could be forgotten. But today we may be on the verge of losing the ability to leave our pasts behind. In The End of Forgetting, Kate Eichhorn explores what happens when images of our younger selves persist, often remaining just a click away. For today's teenagers, many of whom spend hours each day posting on social media platforms, efforts to move beyond moments they regret face new and seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Unlike a high school yearbook or a shoebox full of old photos, the information that accumulates on social media is here to stay. What was once fleeting is now documented and tagged, always ready to surface and interrupt our future lives. Moreover, new innovations such as automated facial recognition also mean that the reappearance of our past is increasingly out of our control. Historically, growing up has been about moving on - achieving a safe distance from painful events that typically mark childhood and adolescence. But what happens when one remains tethered to the past? From the earliest days of the internet, critics have been concerned that it would endanager the innocence of childhood. The greater damage, Eichhornwarns, may ultimately be what happens when young adults find they are unable to distance themeselves from their pasts. Rather than a childhood cut short by a premature loss of innocence, the real crisis of the digital age may be the specter of a childhood that can never be forgotten"--Dust jacket.

Alternative Title

Growing up with social media

Subject

• Social media > Psychological aspects
• Online identities
• Internet and children
• Internet and youth

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-141) and index.

Contents

Introduction: Growing up at the end of forgetting -- Documenting childhood before and after social media -- Forgetting and being forgotten in the age of the data subject -- Screens, screen memories, and childhood celebrity -- When tagged subjects leave home -- In pursuit of digital disappearance -- Conclusion: Forgetting, freedom, and data.

Call Number

JFD 20-2170

ISBN

• 9780674976696
• 067497669X

LCCN

• 2018050010
• 40029230708

OCLC

1059231408

Author

Eichhorn, Kate, 1971- author.

Title

The end of forgetting : growing up with social media / Kate Eichhorn.

Publisher

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Creator/Contributor Characteristics

Occupation/field of activity group: University and college faculty members

Gender group: Women

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-141) and index.

Other Standard Identifier

40029230708

Research Call Number

JFD 20-2170