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Graduation Term
Summer 2025
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Department of History
Committee Chair
Alan Lessoff
Committee Member
Katrin Paehler
Committee Member
Nathan Kapoor
Committee Member
Taylor Soja
Abstract
This thesis traces the evolution of Digital Public History from the Valley of the Shadow Project to the end of the Backstory podcast. It looks at a series of case studies from Virginia Universities starting in the early 1990s and assesses how technology and conscious choices on the part of programming historians helped to shape the modern sub-field of Digital Public History. Lastly it shows how the public desire for digital history publications to serve as entertainment helped to spawn a new branch of DPH that I have described here as digital public intellectuals.
Access Type
Thesis-ISU Access Only
Recommended Citation
Monson, Connor M., "Access, Education, And Entertainment: The Development Of The Subfield Of Digital Public History In Virginia Universities" (2025). Theses and Dissertations. 2189.
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/etd/2189
DOI
https://doi.org/10.30707/ETD.1763755358.744478