The end of forgetting : growing up with social media

This book includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Growing up at the end of forgetting 1. Documenting childhood before and after social media 2. Forgetting and being forgotten in the age of the data subject 3. Screens, screen memories, and childhood celebrity 4. When tagged subjects leave home 5. In pursuit of digital disappearance Conclusion: Forgetting, freedom, and data.

Thanks to Facebook and Instagram, our younger selves have been captured and preserved online. But what happens, Kate Eichhorn asks, when we can't leave our most embarrassing moments behind? Rather than a childhood cut short by a loss of innocence, the real crisis of the digital age may be the specter of a childhood that can never be forgotten.--