%0 Journal Article
%T Social media and the condition of historical knowledge in Poland. Research report
%A Werner, Wiktor
%A Gralik, Dawid
%A Trzoss, Adrian
%J Archival and Historical Review
%V 2019
%R 10.4467/2391-890XPAH.19.013.14942
%N Vol. VI
%P 211-235
%K quantitative study, digital homo ludens, film, computer games, social media, public history, television series, historical awareness, historical knowledge
%@ 2391-890X
%D 2019
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/przeglad-archiwalno-historyczny/article/media-spolecznosciowe-a-funkcjonowanie-wiedzy-historycznej-w-polsce-raport-z-badan
%X The article discusses the condition of historical knowledge in Poland in social media. The study is based on a quantitative survey performed online in March 2019. The survey, filled out by 2200 respondents, was designed following the contemporary discourse on historical awareness. Quoting the works of Jan Pomorski, Barbara Szacka, and Nina Assorodobraj, the authors compared self-assessed historical knowledge of social media users with their interests, media popularity trends, and the impact of media of the pre-Web 2.0 era (film, television, computer games). Based on this analysis, the authors created a description of social need for historical narratives (public history), and presented the contemporary condition of the social role of history in entertainment (digital homo ludens). This work is a part of a broader original research project on historical awareness and the condition of historical knowledge in Poland with detailed analyses included in other texts.