חדש על המדף

חדש על המדף

On Media Memory: Collective Memory in a New Media Age
Edited by Motti Neiger, Oren Meyers and Eyal Zandberg לקטלוג
On Media Memory: Collective Memory in a New Media Age
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 Israel.

Motti Neiger is Senior Lecturer in the School of Communication at Netanya Academic College, Israel. He served as the president of the Israel Communication Association (2006-2009) and as the founding editor of Media Frames: Israeli Journal of Communication. His academic interests include various aspects of the correlations between media and culture: mediated collective memory, journalism during conflicts and the role of culture mediators. He has published articles in journals such as Media, Culture & Society, Journal of Communication, Journalism and Communication, and Culture & Critique.

Oren Meyersis Lecturer in the Department of Communication at the University of Haifa, Israel. His research interests include journalistic values and practices, collective memory and popular culture. He has published articles in journals such as Journal of Communication, The Communication Review, Journalism, Journalism Studies, Media, Culture & Society and The Journal of Popular Culture.

Eyal Zandberg is Senior Lecturer in the School of Communication at Netanya Academic College, Israel. His research interests focus on the interrelations between collective memory and the media, especially on the memory of the Holocaust in popular culture and on journalistic practices during times of war and conflict. He has published articles in journals such as Media, Culture & Society, Journal of Communication and Communication, Culture & Critique.