| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 160 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction -- e-history: not quite history, not quite the past -- The crowd-sourced past -- Nostalgia on-demand -- The viral past -- The visual past -- The newsworthy past -- The storytelling past -- History.AI -- Does history have a future? |
| Summary |
The Internet has changed the past. Social media, Wikipedia, mobile networks, and the viral and visual nature of the Web have inundated the public sphere with historical information and misinformation, changing what we know about our history and History as a discipline. This is the first book to chronicle how and why it matters. Why does History matter at all? What role do history and the past play in our democracy? Our economy? Our understanding of ourselves? How do questions of history intersect with todays most pressing debates about technology; the role of the media; journalism; tribalism; education; identity politics; the future of government, civilization, and the planet? At the start of a new decade, in the midst of growing political division around the world, this information is critical to an engaged citizenry. As we collectively grapple with the effects of technology and its capacity to destabilize our societies, scholars, educators and the general public should be aware of how the Web and social media shape what we know about ourselves - and crucially, about our past |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-154) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central platform, viewed June 27, 2022) |
| Subject |
History -- Philosophy.
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History -- Moral and ethical aspects
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History -- Social aspects
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Digital communications -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Digital communications -- Political aspects
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Digital media -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Digital media -- Political aspects
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Digital media -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Digital media -- Political aspects
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History -- Moral and ethical aspects
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History -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783030851170 |
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3030851176 |
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