Unorthodox Professors: WWI in Video Games and on Youtube

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Crocker_Jordan_JCURAposter_2017.pdf (1.74 MB)

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2017-04-06

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Crocker, Jordan Dean

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This poster looks at the ways directors and designers, through visual media, act as educators for the public when it comes to World War One. I examine diverse, non-academic media, such as YouTube and videogames, to argue why historians need to make a greater effort in engaging with these mediums to ensure the accuracy of WWI, and general history, for the public.

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World War One, videogames, YouTube, public history, new media, education

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http://hdl.handle.net/1828/7887

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