Beschreibung:
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.
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 Commercial and Public Television 4. 'To sell Holocaust Day to the Children': Narrating Traumatic Memories as Media Work Conclusion: Communicating Awe Between Traditional and New Media Endnotes References