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Media and memory

Summary: How do we rely on media for remembering? In exploring the complex ways that media converge to support our desire to capture, store and retrieve memories, this textbook offers analyses of representations of memorable events, media tools for remembering and forgetting, media technologies for archiving and the role of media producers in making memories. Theories of memory and media are covered alongside an accessible range of case studies focusing on memory in relation to radio, television, pop music, celebrity, digital media and mobile phones. Ethnographic and production culture research, including interviews with members of the public and industry professionals, is also included. Offering a comprehensive introduction to the connections and disconnections in the study of media and memory, this is the perfect textbook for media studies students. Key Features Presents a thorough and detailed overview of key writers, theories and debates Case studies enrich the text, offering innovative approaches and insights on methodology Covers a range of 'old' and 'new' media including radio, television, film, photography, digital media, mobile phones and popular music Explores discourses, forms and practices of media and memory with active learning exercises that engage readers

Record details

ISBN: 0748670947
ISBN: 9780748670949
ISBN: 0748688889
ISBN: 9780748688883
ISBN: 9781283221832
ISBN: 1283221837
ISBN: 0748647074
ISBN: 9780748647071
ISBN: 9780748640348
ISBN: 0748640347
ISBN: 9780748640331
ISBN: 0748640339
Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 174 pages)
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Publisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-168) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction: Mediating the Past; Part 1 Theoretical Background; 1 Memory Studies and Media Studies; 2 Personal, Collective, Mediated and New Memory Discourses; 3 Using Media to Make Memories: Institutions, Forms and Practices; 4 Digital Memories: The Democratisation of Archives; Part 2 Case Studies; 5 Voicing the Past: BBC Radio 4 and the Aberfan Disaster of 1963; 6 (Re)Media Events: Remixing War on YouTube; 7 The Madonna Archive: Celebrity, Ageing and Fan Nostalgia; 8 Towards a Concept of Connected Memory: The Photo Album Goes Mobile.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.