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History Disrupted: Are Social Media and the World Wide Web Changing Our Understanding of the Past?

January 12, 202229:49

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Jason Steinhauer, Global Fellow and Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the History Communication Institute. He discusses his new book "History, Disrupted: How Social Media and the World Wide Web Have Changed the Past." The book examines how an internet that privileges signals of attention and getting noticed is currently shaping the study of the past and e-History.

Guest

Jason Steinhauer

Global Fellow;
Founder, History Communication Institute

Moderator

John Milewski

Director of Digital Programming; Moderator, Wilson Center NOW

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History and Public Policy Program

The History and Public Policy Program makes public the primary source record of 20th and 21st century international history from repositories around the world, facilitates scholarship based on those records, and uses these materials to provide context for classroom, public, and policy debates on global affairs. Read more