Digital memory and the archive [[electronic resource] /] / Wolfgang Ernst ; edited and with an introduction by Jussi Parikka

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786955903321
• Autore: Ernst Wolfgang
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Minneapolis, MN, : University of Minnesota Press, c2013
• ISBN: 1-4529-4806-2; 0-8166-8199-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Collana: Electronic mediations ; ; v. 39
• Altri autori (Persone): ParikkaJussi <1976->
• Disciplina: 302.23/1
• Soggetti: Mass media - Philosophy; Digital media - Social aspects; Mass media - Archival resources
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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