Hello AoIR, Sian Lincoln and I have recently had a new book come out that may be of interest - *Growing up on Facebook <https://www.peterlang.com/view/title/64408>*. It's in Peter Lang's Digital Formations series, edited by Steve Jones. It is the culmination of a project looking at how young(ish) people make sense of their own social media archives, those digital traces of personal histories inscribed on Facebook (and other platforms). We've shared bits and pieces at AoIR conferences over the years, and we've had very helpful and constructive feedback - thank you! The official blurb and our table of contents below. For the rest of July, Peter Lang is giving a 30% off discount. You/your libraries can get it by emailing order@peterlang.com, with "Robards" in the subject line, and mentioning the discount. A sales rep will take it from there. It's available as an ebook, paperback, or hardback. Still not cheap as an academic book, but a bit better with the discount: ~$30USD/$43AUD/€27 +p&h. Cheers, Brady -- *Growing up on Facebook* Brady Robards & Sian Lincoln https://www.peterlang.com/view/title/64408 Growing up in the era of social media isn’t easy. With Facebook now having existed for more than a decade and a half, young people who have grown up using social media can look back and see earlier versions of themselves staring back: nostalgic moments with friends from school, reminders of painful breakups, birthdays and graduations, posts that allude to drama with family, experiences of travel, and blurry drunken photos. How do we make sense of our own personal histories inscribed on and through social media? What are the implications for future careers, for public trust in social media companies, and for our own memories? Growing up on Facebook examines the role of Facebook, and other social media platforms that have emerged around Facebook, in mediating experiences of 'growing up' for young people. Based on interviews with the first generation of young people to grow up with social media, the book covers education and employment, love and relationships, family life, and leisure (drinking, travel, and music). It touches on processes of impression management, privacy, context collapse, and control, and raises critical questions about the standards we hold social media platforms to, as they become the guardians of our personal histories. Table of Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Is Facebook Still Cool? Was It Ever? 3. Sites and Spaces of Growing Up: Blurring the Digital and Physical 4. Scrolling Back through Facebook Timelines: Making Sense of Digital Traces 5. Shaping and Performing Professional Identities: From Education to Employment 6. Love, and Making It ‘Facebook Official’ 7. Mediating Family Life 8. Documenting Leisure: Partying, Travel, Music, and Hanging Out 9. Disconnections, Absences, Conclusions --- Dr Brady Robards Senior Research Fellow in Sociology School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Monash University Publications <https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/brady-robards/publications/> *|* bradyrobards.com *|* LGBTIQ <https://www.monash.edu/diversity-inclusion/lgbtiq/the-ally-network> <https://www.monash.edu/diversity-inclusion/lgbtiq/the-ally-network>Ally Network <https://www.monash.edu/diversity-inclusion/lgbtiq/the-ally-network> *|* Monash Digital Cultures Research Group <https://arts.monash.edu/research/excellence/creative-practices-communication-technology/digital-cultures-research-group/> *> New Book: Growing up on Facebook <https://www.peterlang.com/view/title/64408> *