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

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Social Media and the Automatic Production of Memory: Classification, Ranking and the Sorting of the Past
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Acknowledgments
1 Introduction: Unpicking the Automation of Memory Making
	The mediation of memory
	Metrics and targeting: the context
	The self in data
	Engineering memories through throwback features: the case of Facebook Memories
	A note on the direction of this book
2 A Taxonomy of Memory Themes: Partitioning the Memorable
	The power of classification in memory making
	Pigeon-holing the past
	Ideals of engagement and the sorting of past content
	Partitioning and surfacing
	Distributing and partitioning the sensible
	Conclusion: the partitioning of the memorable
3 The Computational Surfacing of Memories: Promoting the Memorable
	Feedback loops and the surfacing of memories
	The personalization and timing of the past
	Ontological promotion and the memory as Edge
	Conclusion
4 The Reception of Targeted Memories in Everyday Life: Classificatory Struggles and the Tensions of Remembering
	Getting at the tensions of remembering
	“It directs my memories”: technicity of attention
	“The algorithm doesn’t really work with me”: reductive algorithms
	“When the algorithm goes wrong”: algorithmic misconceptions
	“It leaves me a bit creeped out”: invasive algorithms
	Conclusion
5 Conclusion: Sorting the Past
Notes
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Index
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