Each teaching module addresses a different kind of datatype and perspective on digital source criticism
social media
Learn how to easily collect social media data with Netlytic software.
editors: Sofia Papastamkou
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Lesson on how the method of source criticism has been affected by the digital turn and what this means for the practice of students who study humanities disciplines and conduct research.
social media
Lesson on how to deal with the abundance of digital born data, with regard to research, reaching out to audiences, teaching, and preservation strategies, using social media as a case study.
interviews / oral histories
A lesson about how the collection of interviews with concentration camp survivors created by psychologist David Boder in 1946 was turned into an interactive website in 2000 and 2009.
websites
Lesson about the fundamentals of the web and web archiving for historians.
photographies / art works
A lesson about how digital technology has stirred our imagination and enabled us to create new realities. At the same time we need to be sceptical about the merits of an all-encompassing digital lifestyle.
press
Lesson about the digitisation and exploration of digital newspapers
editors: Stefania Scagliola
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