{"id":2034,"date":"2021-09-08T12:46:23","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T11:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/digitalholocaustmemory\/?p=2034"},"modified":"2021-09-08T12:46:23","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T11:46:23","slug":"the-holocaust-and-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reframe.sussex.ac.uk\/digitalholocaustmemory\/2021\/09\/08\/the-holocaust-and-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"The Holocaust and Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In our May 2021 panel, we interrogated the multiple tensions between Holocaust education and memory<\/strong>, and social media cultures<\/strong>. There is much hesitation about the limits of social media platforms for Holocaust memory and education. Whilst they are generally conceived as exemplary of Web 2.0\u2019s participatory cultures<\/strong>, which can open up exciting possibilities for co-curation<\/strong> with potentially new audiences, trolling cultures<\/strong> and the rise in visibility of Holocaust denial and distortion online<\/a><\/strong> also suggests they might not always be the most positive spaces for productive dialogue about the complex histories of this past. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our speakers addressed some of the following questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n