Reliving History Through Social Media: What Would Abe Lincoln Tweet?
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OFFERS Imagined Posts FROM No one would deny that social media continues to play a big part in current events. It has helped a nation rally together to overthrow a corrupt dictator, helped presidents win re-election and helped inform citizens during times of local and national tragedies. This makes us wonder about the impact social media could have had on major events in history. Indeed, the list is long for historical events that would have been changed forever through the power of social media. Historical figures, too. Recently, you could follow @jfk_1963, from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, for tweets from President John F. Kennedy’s 1,000 days in office. It culminated with the recapping of the events on the 50th anniversary of his assassination on Nov. 22. @TitanicRealTime Imagine minute by minute tweets coming from the ship during it’s final hours @WChapelRealTime A glimpse of Vistorian London of 1888 during Jack the Ripper’s “Autumn of Terror” But history it not just about words. And Histagrams.com proves this with imagined Instagram photos from historical figures, or as they say, “History depicted as Instagrams.” @Noah in the Bible: “@2Ducks you have to come. RT TheGreatest: @JFrazier, if you even dream of beating me, you better wake up and apologize. #TKO tonight #ThrillaInManilla What is it about history and historical figures that makes imagined posts and reliving of history so popular? Part of it has to do with social media, itself. History also gives us a shared connection, as it’s something that we are all familiar with at various levels. FidelCas: Una #selfie de cuando era mas young. Liberar #cuba forever y por siempre. CDarwin: Hey, we r all animals #movember davinci: Shout out to my girl @monalisa for helping me out. #renaissance #art @MLK_JR “Bought a sleep journal. I keep having dreams but forget to write them down.” RAW FOOTAGE OF ASSASSINATION FROM MOBILE DEVICES #DALLAS #PRESIDENTSHOT #WHATHAPPENEDTOJACKIE “Anyone got a more creative way of saying 87 years? #help” @God There’s a big flood coming yr way. VISUAL HISTORY VIA INSTAGRAM RELIVING HISTORY THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA LEARN MORE ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA AND HOW IT HAS IMPACTED OUR EVERYDAY LIVES AT:
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Just in time for Presidents' Day, this infographic looks at the trend of reliving history through social media, either through imagined posts and photos, or recreated play by play of historical events.
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OFFERSImagined
PostsFROM
No one would deny that social media continues to play a big part in current events. It has helped a nation rally together to overthrow a corrupt dictator, helped presidents
win re-election and helped inform citizens during times of local and national tragedies.This makes us wonder about the impact social media could have had on major events in history. Indeed, the list is long for historical events that would have been changed
forever through the power of social media. Historical figures, too.
Recently, you could follow @jfk_1963, from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, for
tweets from President John F. Kennedy’s 1,000 days in office. It culminated with the recapping of the
events on the 50th anniversary of his assassination on Nov. 22.
@TitanicRealTimeImagine minute by minute tweets
coming from the ship
during it’s
final hours
@WChapelRealTimeA glimpse of Vistorian London of
1888 during Jack the Ripper’s
“Autumn of Terror”
But history it not just about words. And Histagrams.com proves this with imagined Instagram photos
from historical figures, or as they say, “History depicted as Instagrams.”
@Noah in the Bible: “@2Ducks
you have to come. RT
TheGreatest:@JFrazier, if you even
dream of beating me, you
better wake up and
apologize. #TKO tonight
#ThrillaInManilla
What is it about history and historical figures that makes imagined posts and reliving of history
so popular? Part of it has to do with social media, itself. History also gives us a shared
connection, as it’s something that we are all familiar with at various levels.
FidelCas:Una #selfie de cuando
era mas young. Liberar
#cuba forever y por
siempre.
CDarwin:Hey, we r all animals
#movember
davinci:Shout out to my girl
@monalisa for helping
me out. #renaissance
#art
@MLK_JR “Bought a sleep journal.
I keep having dreams but forget to
write them down.”
RAW FOOTAGE OFASSASSINATION FROM
MOBILE DEVICES
#DALLAS#PRESIDENTSHOT
#WHATHAPPENEDTOJACKIE
“Anyone got a more creative way of saying 87
years? #help”
@God There’s a big flood coming yr way.
VISUAL HISTORY VIA INSTAGRAM
RELIVING HISTORY THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA
LEARN MORE ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA AND HOWIT HAS IMPACTED OUR EVERYDAY LIVES AT:
