Clío in social media: The experience of Facebook Contemporary History Group

  • Sergio Gálvez Biesca Instituto Iberoamericano de La Haya por la Paz
  • Aleix Romero Peña Investigador agregado del Instituto de Estudios Riojanos
  • Gaizka Fernández Soldevilla Fundación Centro para la Memoria de las Víctimas del Terrorismo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/HICS.57846
Keywords: Facebook, Contemporary History, social capital, social media, Internet

Abstract

Facebook forms a growing virtual community that brings together millions of users. The Contemporary History Group has emerged in this virtual space to accommodate content relating to such historical period in its maximum extent. Conceived with a clear pedagogical purpose, the Group has set up links between different historians and non-academics interested in History and has spread new research sources; on the other hand, has also been the scene of several arguments. In this article we think about this new realm and about what is our role in social media as a group linked to the academic world.

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Published
2017-10-31
How to Cite
Gálvez Biesca S., Romero Peña A. y Fernández Soldevilla G. (2017). Clío in social media: The experience of Facebook Contemporary History Group. Historia y Comunicación Social, 22(2), 309-323. https://doi.org/10.5209/HICS.57846
Issue
Vol. 22 No. 2 (2017)
Section
Monografía

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