| International Standard Book Number |
9780593834121 (ebook)
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780593834114 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
0593834119 (hardcover)
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| Personal Name |
Jezer-Morton, Kathryn, author.
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| Title Statement |
The story of your life : how social media shapes the way we experience everything / Kathryn Jezer-Morton.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
xvi, 253 pages ; 24 cm.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-253).
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Introduction -- Born to post -- Narratives -- Vacations -- Celebrations -- Reproduction -- Politics -- Struggle -- Home -- Lies -- Grievance -- Resonance -- Flat stories -- Obsolete tools.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"Over the past two decades, platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok have revolutionized how we document and share our lives. We once archived our experiences in photo albums, and now we capture our most significant moments in reels and photo dumps. Whether we prefer to admit it or not, social media is where our history lives now. In The Story of Your Life, journalist and New York magazine columnist Kathryn Jezer-Morton examines how these algorithm-driven platforms not only change the way we share information but also shape the content itself. What stories do we choose to tell, and how do these choices reflect and shape our evolving identities? Through rigorous research and intimate interviews with everyday people, Jezer-Morton explores how the platforms on which we have told our life stories for the past twenty years have determined what those stories have come to look and sound like. Today our attention spans are short, and our stories reflect that, with spectacle and exaggeration playing ever-larger roles in our accounts of everyday life. By examining how we share, talk, and post about our milestones, vacations, homes, relationships, hardships, politics, and more, Jezer-Morton shows just how pervasive and influential our social media platforms have become in how we view ourselves and what we consider to be a life well lived."-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Life change events.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Social media Psychological aspects.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Digital media Social aspects.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Social media Influence.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Social media and society.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Informational works.
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