Communicating Memory & History

Nicole Maurantonio received her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and serves as Associate Professor of Rhetoric & Communication Studies and American Studies at the University of Richmond. She has previously published in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Southern Communication Journal, The Communication Review, and Media History, among other journals.David W. Park received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and serves as Professor of Communication at Lake Forest College. He has previously published The History of Media and Communication Research (with Jefferson Pooley), The Long History of New Media (with Nicholas W. Jankowski and Steve Jones), Pierre Bourdieu: A Critical Introduction to Media and Communication Theory, and The International History of Communication Study (with Peter Simonson).

• List of Figures – Acknowledgments – Nicole Maurantonio/David W. Park: Introduction: Remembering Communication History – Section I: Communicating Space & Time – Emily Keightley/Michael Pickering/Pawas Bisht: Interscalarity and the Memory Spectrum – Piotr M. Szpunar: Archiving ISIS: Metastasized Archives, Lieux de Futur, and Endless War – Section II: Narrative – Deborah Lubken: Remarkable Coincidence: A True Story of the Liberty Bell’s Myth – Michael Meyen: Mass Media as Memory Agents: A Theoretical and Empirical Contribution to Collective Memory Research – Oren Meyers: Mnemonic Newswork: Exploring the Role of Journalism in the Rereading of National Pasts – Section III: Embodiment & Materiality – Erin E. Cory: Badna Naaref (We Want to Know): The Politics of Movement and Memory in "Postwar" Beirut – Carolyn Kitch: "Taking Back" a Post-Conflict City: Tourism, Anniversary Memory, and the New Histories of Belfast – Samantha Oliver: Presence and Absence: The Berlin Wall as Strategic Platform – Sharon Ringel: Building an Archive for Future Generations: Archival Digitization at the National Library of Israel – Section IV: Audience – Amanda Lagerkvist/Katerina Linden: Digital Post-Scarcity Versus Default Amnesia: Russian Political Existence and the Online Resurrection of Memories of the Dead at the Nord-Ost Theatre Siege – Manuel Menke/Ekaterina Kalinina: Reclaiming Identity: GDR Lifeworld Memories in Digital Public Spheres – Barbie Zelizer: Postscript: Once A Margin, Always A Margin – Contributors – Index.

“Memory should be a central concern of every communication scholar, especially to those who work in communication history. Scholars who work in the interdiscipline of memorystudies should likewise be concerned with work in communication (particularly communication history). Nicole Maurantonio and David W. Park have assembled a compelling collection that shows how much these fields can mean to each other. Putting together a stellar international roster of authors, they have curated a set of fascinating essays. I am aware of no better gateway to memory studies for communication scholars. This book should be required reading for anyone with a serious interest in understanding collective memory in today’s media environment.”—John Nerone, University of Illinois