Interactions with Pseudoarchaeology: Approaches to the Use of Social Media and the Internet for Correcting Misconceptions of Archaeology in Virtual Spaces

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Interactions with Pseudoarchaeology: Approaches to the Use of Social Media and the Internet for Correcting Misconceptions of Archaeology in Virtual Spaces," at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

This session looks at the way pseudoarchaeological themes are used in various forms of media; TV, Movies, Books, Magazines, the internet, and Social Media, and how that influences the public's opinions on archaeological topics. After several fifteen minute presentations, we will discuss ways that archaeologists can interact with these media to correct misrepresentations of archaeological topics and how we can challenge these pseudoarchaeological themes successfully.