— Book announcement (language of the book: French)
Katharina Niemeyer
De la chute du mur de Berlin au 11 septembre 2001.
Le journal télévisé, les mémoires collectives et l’écriture de l’histoire.
Antipodes, Lausanne (Switzerland)
2011, 342p.
English title: From the fall of the Berlin wall to September 11. Television news, collective memories and writing of history
This book discusses the importance of television and television news in contemporary history telling and making, and also asks the question of collective memories. Concepts developed by philosophers of memory and history are linked and discussed with media theory; pointing out the temporal and visual implication of television news and the eternal, audiovisual game of the past, the present and the future. Two major televised events are analyzed: the fall of the Berlin wall and September 11 (as well as their commemorations). The results of the study show that television is a special history maker and teller as well as a creator of collectives memories. It is also an indicator and accelerator of social, political and cultural changes (aesthetics of television news trailers, visual design etc.) and … television remains an eternal challenger of media studies.
Links
- http://www.antipodes.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=187&Itemid=1&Itemid=89
- http://iamhist.org/2011/11/new-book-de-la-chute-du-mur-de-berlin-au-11-septembre-2001/#more-446
