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February 21, 2026Proceedings from the Document Academy0 citationsOpen Access

Trusted forms—The Case of Barack Obama’s Birth Certificate

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KSKarl-Heinrich SchmidtFSFrederik Schlupkothen

Key Points

  • The study aims to explore the relationship between documents and trust in the context of remote communication, using Barack Obama's birth certificate as a case study.
  • Analyzed theoretical literature surrounding the concept of documents and trust.
  • Examined the historical context of document communication.
  • Investigated the implications of electronic document exchange.
  • Identified trust as a critical factor in the acceptance of documents.
  • Showed the complexities surrounding Barack Obama's birth certificate as a case of remote communication.
  • Highlighted the evolution of document trust issues in the digital age.

Abstract

Documents can be understood as containers for information that enable remote communication between people across space and time. They are therefore fundamentally subject to issues of trust. The theoretical treatment of documents as a means of remote communication has a long history and has arrived in the age of electronic document exchange, as shown by the work of R. T. Pédauque, which is taken as a starting point here.

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Schmidt et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69994cd2873532290d0219e1https://doi.org/10.35492/docam/12/2/12
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