03258nam 22007454a 450 991045235570332120200520144314.01-281-29907-397866112990711-59213-498-X(CKB)1000000000485897(EBL)336421(OCoLC)476153677(SSID)ssj0000262519(PQKBManifestationID)11236209(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000262519(PQKBWorkID)10286486(PQKB)10493091(MiAaPQ)EBC336421(OCoLC)223382530(MdBmJHUP)muse15419(Au-PeEL)EBL336421(CaPaEBR)ebr10227051(CaONFJC)MIL129907(EXLCZ)99100000000048589720051101d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTroubled pasts[electronic resource] news and the collective memory of social unrest /Jill A. EdyPhiladelphia Temple University Press20061 online resource (241 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-59213-497-1 1-59213-496-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-224) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Real-Time News: Covering the Watts Riots and the Chicago Convention; Political Officials and the Public Past; Defusing Controversy and Paving the Way for Collective Memory; Building Collective Memory: Story Integration; Using Collective Memory: The Role of the Past in the Present; Conclusions: The Future of the Past; Notes; References; IndexA nation's collective memory does not simply exist. It is created. But what factors influence its form and content? And what roles do the news media play in fashioning our collective memory? Here Jill A. Edy observes the process of negotiating a meaning for the past as it unfolds in the news, exploring the ways that news practices, the relationships between actors who make the news, the expectations of news audiences, and the impact of current events affect the development of collective memories in a mass society.Using the 1965 Watts riots and the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago as case Long-term memoryUnited StatesRiotsCaliforniaLos AngelesSocial changeUnited StatesSocial movementsUnited StatesSocial problems in mass mediaSocial problemsUnited StatesUnited StatesPolitics and governmentUnited StatesSocial conditionsWatts (Los Angeles, Calif.)Social conditionsElectronic books.Long-term memoryRiotsSocial changeSocial movementsSocial problems in mass media.Social problems361.10973Edy Jill A.1966-848406MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452355703321Troubled pasts2253838UNINA