{"title":"Information infrastructures and historical research: A framework useful for professional and amateur historians","authors":"J. Cortada","doi":"10.1080/01972243.2023.2237012","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In this article we delve into the similarities as well as differences in the research methods of professional and amateur historians via the lens of information infrastructures. We pay special attention to the methods of amateur family historians before and after the arrival of the Internet identifying what changed as well as what did not, offering historical perspective. We also compare their methods with those of professional historians. We find that to a surprising degree research methods used by professional and amateur historians are more alike than different. We discuss ways of bring professional and amateur historians into conversation with each other, and explain how this would be to their mutual benefit.","PeriodicalId":51481,"journal":{"name":"Information Society","volume":"39 1","pages":"306 - 321"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Information Society","FirstCategoryId":"91","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01972243.2023.2237012","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"COMMUNICATION","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract In this article we delve into the similarities as well as differences in the research methods of professional and amateur historians via the lens of information infrastructures. We pay special attention to the methods of amateur family historians before and after the arrival of the Internet identifying what changed as well as what did not, offering historical perspective. We also compare their methods with those of professional historians. We find that to a surprising degree research methods used by professional and amateur historians are more alike than different. We discuss ways of bring professional and amateur historians into conversation with each other, and explain how this would be to their mutual benefit.
期刊介绍：
The Information Society is a multidisciplinary journal intended to answer questions about the Information Age. It provides a forum for thoughtful commentary and discussion of significant topics in the world of information, such as transborder data flow, regulatory issues, the impact of the information industry, information as a determinant of public and private organizational performance, and information and the sovereignty of the public and private organizational performance, and information and the sovereignty of the public. Its papers analyze information policy issues affecting society. Because of the journal"s international perspective, it will have worldwide appeal to scientists and policymakers in government, education, and industry.
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