Communicating Awe [electronic resource] : Media Memory and Holocaust Commemoration /
Meyers, O.author.
Neiger, M.author.
Zandberg, E.author.
Offering a cross-media exploration of Israeli media on Holocaust Remembrance Day, one of Israel's most sacred national rituals, over the past six decades, this fascinating book investigates the way in which variables such as medium, structure of ownership, genre and targeted audiences shape the collective recollection of traumatic memories.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Mourning Newspapers: Holocaust Commemoration and/as Nation-Building; 2 Sonic Sorrow: Radio Broadcasts and the Creation of the Soundtrack of Memory; 3 Programming Commemoration: Holocaust Remembrance Day Television Broadcasts on Public and Commercial Television; 4 'To Sell Holocaust Day to the Children': Narrating Traumatic Memories as Media Work; Conclusion: Communicating Awe between Traditional and New Media; Notes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Offering a cross-media exploration of Israeli media on Holocaust Remembrance Day, one of Israel's most sacred national rituals, over the past six decades, this fascinating book investigates the way in which variables such as medium, structure of ownership, genre and targeted audiences shape the collective recollection of traumatic memories.
Historiography.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Civilization-History.
World War, 1939-1945.
Military history.
Communication.
Memory Studies.
Cultural and Media Studies, general.
Cultural History.
History of World War II and the Holocaust.
History of Military.
Media Studies.