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It is repeatedly stated in the beginning of the article that digital history is a new section of history that came as a result of the computer. Cameron then follows this up by stating that although digital history has great appeal to people that are non-academics and do not have a deep passion of history due to its ease of presentation, it has repealed traditional academics because it rarely has arguments. The reason most presentations and research of digital history rarely have arguments is because it is usually a compilation of information that focuses on a specific topic with the intention of having easy access to that topic. This is done by having the research topic be readily available through the internet. In traditional research essays, the information that is gathered is presented in order to prove an argument that the author presents in the essay. As mentioned in Aaron’s post, Kozol is an example of a traditional academic paper because she makes an argument of genders during the Great Depression which is backed up with her research.  If it was done through digital history, the research would have been simply just be a compilation photograph’s depicting women or something similar.

In my opinion, it is a good thing that the unique traits of digital history exists. It makes it easier for other academics to properly do their research because they would easily be able to find the specific information they are looking for. And by having an easy appeal to non-academics and non-historians, it would make them much more appreciative for history, in the same way that public history is viewed favorably by them. But I do understand the need for digital history to gradually develop arguments for their research. By developing arguments for the compilation of information, it would be able to tell people the purpose for the research, rather than just a pile of data.