Information History of the First World War

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Slightly more than one hundred years after the outbreak of the First
World War, joining the reflection of social sciences eagerly grasping
the centenary we have several powerful reasons to approach the
historical battle events in a singular and enterprising way, in the
context of information history.
Although the renowned British historian, Dave Muddiman has already
emphasized the importance of the information history aspects of the
First World War in a few of his communications, no synthetic work has
yet been written on the subject On the occasion of the centenary of
the Great War, the Hungarian Committee of UNESCO's Information
for All Programme initiated the publishing of an edited volume
with international participation to start a discourse on the details
of information history of the First World War. The adaptation of the
information-centered viewpoint makes it possible for the scholars to
highlight the information history aspects of the covered era from their... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Slightly more than one hundred years after the outbreak of the First
World War, joining the reflection of social sciences eagerly grasping
the centenary we have several powerful reasons to approach the
historical battle events in a singular and enterprising way, in the
context of information history.
Although the renowned British historian, Dave Muddiman has already
emphasized the importance of the information history aspects of the
First World War in a few of his communications, no synthetic work has
yet been written on the subject On the occasion of the centenary of
the Great War, the Hungarian Committee of UNESCO's Information
for All Programme initiated the publishing of an edited volume
with international participation to start a discourse on the details
of information history of the First World War. The adaptation of the
information-centered viewpoint makes it possible for the scholars to
highlight the information history aspects of the covered era from their
own research and to collectively discuss important issues, such as
• The destruction and loss of information
• The positive impact of the war on information creation/generation
•The flow of information and its role on the frontlines, in the
hinterland or in-between
• The visual aspects of the war
• Realignment of schémas, cultural patterns and mental models
It merits particular attention that in this collection of essays, besides
the European theatre of operations, our outstanding and innovative
authors have found subjects worthy of analysis on the basis of
information history in Africa, in Asia and in the Middle East Vissza