Digital memory and the archive /
In the popular imagination, archives are remote, largely obsolete institutions: either antiquated, inevitably dusty libraries or sinister repositories of personal secrets maintained by police states. Yet the archive is now a ubiquitous feature of digital life. Rather than being deleted, e-mails and...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis, MN :
University of Minnesota Press,
©2013.
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Colección: | Electronic mediations ;
v. 39. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | In the popular imagination, archives are remote, largely obsolete institutions: either antiquated, inevitably dusty libraries or sinister repositories of personal secrets maintained by police states. Yet the archive is now a ubiquitous feature of digital life. Rather than being deleted, e-mails and other computer files are archived. Media software and cloud storage allow for the instantaneous cataloging and preservation of data, from music, photographs, and videos to personal information gathered by social media sites. In this digital landscape, the archival-oriented media theori. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (265 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-243) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780816681990 0816681996 |