Problems of archiving information on the Internet – issues related to Hungarian culture Cover Image

„Ki őrzi meg az internetet?” A digitális archiválás magyar vonatkozásai
Problems of archiving information on the Internet – issues related to Hungarian culture

Author(s): Árpád Péter
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Communication studies
Published by: Medea Egyesület
Keywords: Hungarian internet; archive; Wayback Machine;

Summary/Abstract: In our article, we analyse the book edited by Tamás Tófalvy: A magyar internet történetei (Aspects of the history of the Hungarian internet). Typotex Publishing House, Budapest, 2021. This volume publishes the second cycle of a series of conferencesorganized on the “histories” of the Hungarian Internet. The volume is divided into four large chapters. “I. Information, society”,“II. Web, archiving”, “III. Pop, culture”, “ IV. Content, services”. In the 14 articles contained in this volume, the authors studythe problems of preserving or losing information on the “Hungarian Internet”, the possibilities of archiving by Hungarian and international non-governmental organizations (ex. Wayback Machine), but also investigates the issue of political interference in “the collective digital memory” of the Hungarian culture.

  • Issue Year: XVI/2021
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 107-114
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Hungarian