In this invaluable introduction to the concept of memory, focused on mediated forms, Andrew Hoskins introduces ideas about individual and collective memory, and outlines how the ways in which we remember have been affected by the development of mass media.
From photography through to the digital age, in which anyone who owns a camera phone can become an instant documentarist, and when our trust in visual memories has been undermined by our knowledge of the unreliability of memories and the manipulations made possible by media technologies.
Media and Memory covers both theory and specific case studies including:
- national memory in relation to the German Democratic Republic
- the Holocaust as it is publicly remembered through museum exhibitions
- audience memory of events such as September 11th and the War on Terror.
- ISBN10 0415363845
- ISBN13 9780415363846
- Publish Date 1 July 2009
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint Routledge
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English