Hismedi: Transición política a la democracia
The transmission of the history and memory of our past is not the monopoly of historians, but of a multitude of social agents who contribute information and opinion to the configuration of historical knowledge. The story has entered the social and political debate in response to the interest expressed by citizens, and it is distributed on the Internet with great reception success. We are therefore faced with new transmission models, new narratives, meanings and audiences that are framed in the context of an active and proactive memory fostered by innovative and reflective societies that make their contributions on the Internet. It is clear, however, that the political and historiographical debates are different depending on the stage.
The research project that we present aims to analyze the way in which the History and Memory of the Transition to Democracy in Spain is represented on Web 2.0. The questions we ask are: what aspects of the Spanish transition are of the greatest interest to citizens? Do they coincide with the historiographical interest? What is the contribution of the digital society in the generation of knowledge about the stage? What role do social media play in reviewing the meaning of the transition? Who are the authors and what sources are they based on, taking into account the chronological proximity of the phase? What role do historians have in the new transmission of historical science "with society"?