Historians and Audiences: Comment on Tristram Hunt and Geoffrey Timmins

This comment praises the articles by Hunt and Timmins for their perceptive comments on the "supply side" of history--the social history that television and teachers provide. It argues, however, that we need to devote equal attention to the demand side, to our audiences. One of the key and...

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Published in:Journal of social history 2006-03, Vol.39 (3), p.859-864, Article 859
Main Author: Rosenzweig, Roy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic profession
Analysis
Audience
Audiences
Bowers, Claude, G
Criticism and interpretation
Demand analysis
Historians
Historiography
History
History instruction
Hunt, Tristam
Hunt, Tristram
Introductory courses
Literary criticism
Military history
News content
Part IV: Social History and Audience
Political activity
Political debate
Social history
Social science research
Social sciences and history
Teachers
Teaching
Television
Television programs
Television Viewing
Timmins, Geoffrey
United States history
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Summary:This comment praises the articles by Hunt and Timmins for their perceptive comments on the "supply side" of history--the social history that television and teachers provide. It argues, however, that we need to devote equal attention to the demand side, to our audiences. One of the key and understudied questions about public history is not the message or the messenger but how diverse audiences receive the message.
ISSN:0022-4529
1527-1897
DOI:10.1353/jsh.2006.0011