Framing the Contested History of Digital Culture.
The article discusses the history and historiography of digital culture, with a particular focus on issues specific to the researching and writing of recent history. The authors explore the belief that digital technologies such as the Internet can promote freedom, democracy, and social movements. It...
| Published in: | Radical History Review no. 117; pp. 5 - 32 |
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Duke University Press
Fall2013
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| Summary: | The article discusses the history and historiography of digital culture, with a particular focus on issues specific to the researching and writing of recent history. The authors explore the belief that digital technologies such as the Internet can promote freedom, democracy, and social movements. It is suggested that social media and the online activism known as hacktivism may add to but cannot replace traditional methods of political protest such as grassroots organizing and mass demonstration. |
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