On Media Memory

This volume offers a comprehensive discussion of the concept of Media Memory and brings Media and Mediation to the forefront of Collective Memory research. Twenty concise and thought-provoking essays, by leading scholars of communication research and collective memory studies, address fundamental conceptual challenges and discuss specific case studies in order to illuminate theoretical questions. The scope of the essays reflects a diversity of media technologies including print, television, radio, film and new media; media genres such as news, fiction and documentary; and cultural contexts comprising analyses from the US, UK, Spain, Nigeria, France, Germany and the Middle East.