Digitised Newspapers - A New Eldorado for Historians? Reflections on Tools, Methods and Epistemology

Digitization technologies applied to historical newspapers have changed the research landscape historians were used to. An Eldorado? Despite unquestionable merits, the new digital affordance of historical newspapers also brings drawbacks and possible pitfalls which need to be carefully assessed.

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Main Author: Estelle Bunout, Maud Ehrmann, Frédéric Clavert, Estelle Bunout, Maud Ehrmann, Frédéric Clavert
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2022
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Edition:1
Series:Studies in Digital History and Hermeneutics
Subjects:
20th century, c 1900 to c 1999
c 1500 onwards to present day
digital history
digital source criticism
Digitale Geschichte
Digitalisierte Zeitungen
digitized newspapers
History
HISTORY / General
HISTORY / Historiography
HISTORY / Study & Teaching
History and Archaeology
history research practices
History: theory and methods
Kritik an digitalen Quellen
Praktiken der Geschichtsforschung
Time period qualifiers
World history
history research practices
Digitale Geschichte
digitized newspapers
digital history
Kritik an digitalen Quellen
Praktiken der Geschichtsforschung
digital source criticism
Digitalisierte Zeitungen
ISBN:3110729210, 9783110729214, 3110729717, 3110729261, 9783110729719, 9783110729269
ISSN:2629-4540
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Summary:Digitization technologies applied to historical newspapers have changed the research landscape historians were used to. An Eldorado? Despite unquestionable merits, the new digital affordance of historical newspapers also brings drawbacks and possible pitfalls which need to be carefully assessed.
ISBN:3110729210
9783110729214
3110729717
3110729261
9783110729719
9783110729269
ISSN:2629-4540
DOI:10.1515/9783110729214