What is it about?
The article explains how some Internet users approach the period between the 1980s and the 2000s, three ‘prosperous’ decades in Greece, in online discussions. It draws on discussions from forums or below newspaper articles (a method known as netnography). It also discusses why the cultural influence of ‘lifestyle’ media (mainly magazines) is important to understand these debates.
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Why is it important?
It is the first article in Greece using online testimonies as a primary historical source.
Perspectives
This piece will encourage Greek historians to engage further with this methodology.
Panagiotis Zestanakis
University of Crete
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This page is a summary of: Online memories of 1980s–2000s lifestyle and consumption politics in Greece during the current economic crisis (2009–2015), Journal of Consumer Culture, February 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1469540517745708.
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