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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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin/Boston
De Gruyter
2022
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| Series: | Studies in Digital History and Hermeneutics
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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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (439 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9783110729214 9783110729719 9783110729269 |
| Access: | Open Access |