[ecrea] New book: From the fall of the Berlin wall to September 11 - Television news, collective memories and writing of history

Book announcement (language of the book: French)

English title:
*From the fall of the Berlin wall to September 11 *
*Television news, collective memories and writing of history*

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.

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.

Further details: 
http://www.antipodes.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=187&Itemid=1&Itemid=89 
<http://www.antipodes.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=187&Itemid=1&Itemid=89> 

or: 
http://iamhist.org/2011/11/new-book-de-la-chute-du-mur-de-berlin-au-11-septembre-2001/#more-446 

Contact: (editions /at/ antipodes.ch) <mailto:(editions /at/ antipodes.ch)> or 
(Katharina.Niemeyer /at/ unige.ch) <mailto:(Katharina.Niemeyer /at/ unige.ch)>