Paper short abstract

This paper will examine the current state of engagement with digital and social media in public and community archaeology in the UK in 2010

Paper long abstract

This paper will examine the use of digital and social media in public and community archaeology in the UK, looking at the use of websites, Facebook, Twitter, photo management sites, social forums, Second Life, YouTube and similar online film management sites. It will examine where we are today in archaeology - 'a state of the nation' for 2010. It will briefly discuss what direction the internet could take archaeology in 2011 and beyond, and look at some of the restraints that prevent widespread adoption of the internet as a medium for the promotion of archaeology to wider web audiences.