Tag Archives: Wikileaks
To tweet or not to tweet
Speaking as a person who personally does not participate in Twitter at all. I got the feeling that such capabilities twitter has given so many to have a chance to communicate their thoughts from the most frivolous to the most … Continue reading
Voyeurism at Large
In the older days when people recorded history on basic apparatuses, from cave walls to papyrus, record keeping was a messy and a difficult task to accomplish. Historians would have to make sure that the documents are in chronological order, … Continue reading
It’ll All Go Down In Twitter-ry
In today’s era, where information and technology have advanced beyond expectations, a trivial tweet you have just posted might change the course of how historians of the future define our generation or period in time. Twitter, an online social network … Continue reading
Internetkittens
As social media forefronts our high traffic communication vehicles, we have at last found a way to forever capture the sentiment of our times. Historians of the future will undoubtedly have their work cut out for them as they sift … Continue reading
Past, Present, Future
Historical evidence changes when different sources of evidence are found. These evidences bring new light to the “picture” being glanced upon. Different sources are found through the use of technology. When technology becomes more advanced, various sources of evidence supporting … Continue reading
Big Brother’s Archive Reshapes History
The ever changing technology of today will make the job of future historians seem much more tedious. I believe that in recent years, there’s been a shift in society leading to more and more people becoming comfortable with the internet … Continue reading
Choose Wisely
If Historians of the future choose to use evidence from our time, I hope they choose wisely. With the current technological advances its hard to say what has or has not been altered. Historical evidence is also changing because there … Continue reading
TWIKILEAKS: Historians’ Greatest Resource?
Since the introduction of the internet nearly 50 years ago, historians in the present day have used the vast information accessible to the public in order to gain knowledge of trends and behaviors in society. Nowadays, almost anything can be found … Continue reading
Validity of Twitter?
Due to the rapid growth and usage of technology, the ability to take records and information for future references become much easier. One such way is an archive of tweets, storing every public tweet in a database. Some may find … Continue reading
A Wiki situation
For future historians, the accessibility to information in general is constantly growing. With programs like Twitter and WikiLeaks, information, both valuable and invaluable will be readily available making the future career’s of historians a much more excelled processes. The perspective … Continue reading