The Archived Web - Doing History in the Digital Age

An original methodological framework for approaching the archived web, both as a source and as an object of study in its own right. As life continues to move online, the web becomes increasingly important as a source for understanding the past. But historians have yet to formulate a methodology for approaching the archived web as a source of study. How should the history of the present be written? In this book, Niels Brügger offers an original methodological framework for approaching the web of the past, both as a source and as an object of study in its own right. While many studies of the web focus solely on its use and users, Brügger approaches the archived web as a semiotic, textual system in order to offer the first book-length treatment of its scholarly use. While the various forms of the archived web can challenge researchers'' interactions with it, they also present a range of possibilities for interpretation. The

Product details

• Authors: Niels Brugger, Niels Brügger
• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2023
• EAN: 9780262549714
• ISBN: 978-0-262-54971-4
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Guides; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, HISTORY / Study & Teaching, General and world history, Health & safety aspects of IT, COMPUTERS / Social Aspects, Educational: Humanities and social sciences, general