Title
DOI
10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199793471.013.026
Abstract
This chapter considers the definitional and disciplinary politics surrounding the study of memory, exploring the various sites of memory study that have emerged within the field of communication. Specifically, this chapter reviews sites of memory and commemoration, ranging from places such as museums, monuments, and memorials, to textual forms, including journalism and consumer culture. Within each context, this chapter examines the ways in which these sites have interpreted and reinterpreted traumatic pasts bearing great consequence for national identity. It concludes with a discussion of the challenges set forth by new media for scholars engaging in studies of the politics of memory and identifies areas worthy of future research.
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
7-2014
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 2014 Oxford University Press. This book chapter first appeared in The Oxford Handbook of Political Communication.
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Recommended Citation
Maurantonio, Nicole. "The Politics of Memory." In The Oxford Handbook of Political Communication, edited by Kate Kenski and Kathleen Hall Jamieson. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.