Detectives, storytellers, and hackers: Historians of economics in an age of social media

Beatrice Cherrier

doi:10.4324/9781315169194-12

Detectives, storytellers, and hackers: Historians of economics in an age of social media

Beatrice Cherrier

CY Cergy Paris Université

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

Abstract

This paper seeks to convince historians of economics to blog and tweet. It outlines the costs and benefits of doing so, and argues that social media thoroughly alter our research process, from data gathering to writing, collaborating, sharing and hacking, showcasing history, and interacting with publics. Doing history of economics for public and in public thus raises fundamental historiographical questions on research processes and audiences.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	A Contemporary Historiography of Economics
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	192-206
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	9781351688222
ISBN (Print)	9781315169194
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315169194-12
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2018
Externally published	Yes

Access to Document

10.4324/9781315169194-12

Cite this

@inbook{08c151751f0b452aa3d5798c50a7a319,

title = "Detectives, storytellers, and hackers: Historians of economics in an age of social media",

abstract = "This paper seeks to convince historians of economics to blog and tweet. It outlines the costs and benefits of doing so, and argues that social media thoroughly alter our research process, from data gathering to writing, collaborating, sharing and hacking, showcasing history, and interacting with publics. Doing history of economics for public and in public thus raises fundamental historiographical questions on research processes and audiences.",

author = "Beatrice Cherrier",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 selection and editorial matter, Till D{\"u}ppe and E. Roy Weintraub; individual chapters, the contributors.",

year = "2018",

month = jan,

day = "1",

doi = "10.4324/9781315169194-12",

language = "English",

isbn = "9781315169194",

pages = "192--206",

booktitle = "A Contemporary Historiography of Economics",

publisher = "Taylor and Francis",

}

TY - CHAP

T1 - Detectives, storytellers, and hackers

T2 - Historians of economics in an age of social media

AU - Cherrier, Beatrice

PY - 2018/1/1

Y1 - 2018/1/1

N2 - This paper seeks to convince historians of economics to blog and tweet. It outlines the costs and benefits of doing so, and argues that social media thoroughly alter our research process, from data gathering to writing, collaborating, sharing and hacking, showcasing history, and interacting with publics. Doing history of economics for public and in public thus raises fundamental historiographical questions on research processes and audiences.

AB - This paper seeks to convince historians of economics to blog and tweet. It outlines the costs and benefits of doing so, and argues that social media thoroughly alter our research process, from data gathering to writing, collaborating, sharing and hacking, showcasing history, and interacting with publics. Doing history of economics for public and in public thus raises fundamental historiographical questions on research processes and audiences.

U2 - 10.4324/9781315169194-12

DO - 10.4324/9781315169194-12

M3 - Chapter

AN - SCOPUS:85091967696

SN - 9781315169194

SP - 192

EP - 206

BT - A Contemporary Historiography of Economics

PB - Taylor and Francis

ER -

Detectives, storytellers, and hackers: Historians of economics in an age of social media

Abstract

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Cite this