COLLECTIVE MEMORY AND MEDIA NEWS

Authors

  • Ruth Teer-Tomaselli

Abstract

The international research project Global Media Generations (GMG) studied which media events were recalled by three different age cohorts in eight different countries. In this article, Ruth Teer- Tomaselli discusses what the various cohorts in different countries remembered, and why and how these events were remembered, emphasizing the relevance of collective memory.

Author Biography

Ruth Teer-Tomaselli

Ruth Teer-Tomaselli, Ph.D., is Professor of Culture, Communication and Media Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and Cultural and of Media Studies at the University of Natal, Durban, and UNESCO Chair in Communications for Southern Africa. She was Vice-President of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) between 2002 and 2004

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Published

2006-09-01

Issue

No. 5 (2006)

Section

Articles