by Dr Kate MarrisonResearch Fellow, Landecker Digital Memory Lab, University of Sussex Kate reports from a recent event which brought together young people from across the UK to further their understanding of the Holocaust and its contemporary relevance. We’re familiar with the pros and cons of social media, but what role can it play inContinue reading “Holocaust Education and Social Media: What Young People Really Think “
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Serious TikTok: Can You Learn About the Holocaust in 60 seconds?
In this month’s post, Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann and Tom Divon, Hebrew University, Jerusalem explore multimodal education and commemoration of the Holocaust on today’s most popular social media platform. In less than a year, the trending short-video platform TikTok transformed from a mostly entertaining environment for lip-syncing, dancing, and other self-performances into an interest-based platform forContinue reading “Serious TikTok: Can You Learn About the Holocaust in 60 seconds? “
TikTok #HolocaustChallenge
A few weeks ago on Twitter, I pondered whether there was a place for Holocaust institutions on TikTok, then posts hashtagged ‘#HolocaustChallenge’ went viral on the platform and hit international headlines. It has taken me a while to come to write something on this topic. As soon as I took some much needed leave (withContinue reading “TikTok #HolocaustChallenge”