Social Media and Multimodal Historical Representation: Depicting Auschwitz on Instagram

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Abstract

As people increasingly spend more time online, social media have become one of the most important means of communication in contemporary society. Social media have transformed the ways people communicate, have created communities beyond traditional social networks, and have posed new challenges about the limits of understanding and the spread of disinformation. Social media have also become important platforms for communicating about the past. Heated debates about disputed memories ignite on Twitter; gamers live stream and discuss historical video games on Twitch; tourists review heritage sites and museums on TripAdvisor; students and pupils learn for exams by watching YouTube clips;...
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAnalysing Historical Narratives
Subtitle of host publicationOn Academic, Popular and Educational Framings of the Past
EditorsS. Berger, N. Brauch, C. Lorenz
Place of PublicationNew York
PublisherBerghahn Books
Pages191-208
Number of pages18
ISBN (Electronic)9781800730472
ISBN (Print)9781800730465
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 May 2021

Research programs

  • ESHCC HIS

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