Posting from the Past
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2023
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Weizenbaum Institute
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Historical figures have been increasingly brought into the Instagram world, providing insights into the past from a first-person perspective by addressing followers in stories or posts. This type of representation promotes the parasocial interaction (PSI) that creates the illusion of a face-to-face interaction with a media figure. This suggests the possibility that historical Instagram accounts might offer a novel platform for history education.
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parasocial interaction, social media, history education, historical interest
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Frentzel-Beyme, L., Holtze, M., Szczuka, J. M., & Krämer, N. (2023). Posting from the Past: A Longitudinal Study of the Potentials of Parasocial Interaction with a Historical Figure for History Education. Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.34669/WI.WJDS/3.1.3
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