Following the notion that a greater variety of actors can engage in practices of memory work, the aim of our study is to understand how the polyphony of memory evolves in social media networks. We thus conducted an explorative study of accounts for historical figures on Instagram. The accounts were analysed regarding their thematic accentuations, the kind of material employed and presented, the level of professionalism and the social media authenticity they exuded. The result of the study is a typology of accounts for historical personalities on Instagram. We can distinguish between the following six types: virtual exhibition, social media autobiography, artist’s portfolio, inspirational quotes, iconic figure and meme.

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Instagram 上的历史人物：主题类型和表现方式

遵循更多种类的参与者可以参与记忆工作实践的理念，我们研究的目的是了解记忆的复调性如何在社交媒体网络中演变。因此，我们对 Instagram 上的历史人物账户进行了探索性研究。对这些账户的主题重点、使用和呈现的材料种类、专业水平以及它们所散发出的社交媒体真实性进行了分析。这项研究的结果是对 Instagram 上历史人物的账户进行了分类。我们可以区分以下六种类型：虚拟展览、社交媒体自传、艺术家作品集、励志名言、标志性人物和迷因。