The media and collective memory of Yitzhak Rabin's remembrance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22692777 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Y Peri (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 106-124 |
| Publication date | 1999-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9916 • E-ISSN: 1460-2466 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/joc/49.3.106 |
| OpenAlex | W4235521801 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Since the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in November 1995, a fierce struggle have taken place over his commemoration. This is a mnemonic dispute between interpretive communities about the process of commemoration and the forms of remembrance. The media, especially television, took part in this memory dispute. They became the main mnemonic site and the most influential mnemonic agent. Promoting commemorative ceremonies served several professional and functional needs. These ceremonies project desired social cohesiveness and solidarity. In return, the media, as the major agent of meaning, received legitimacy. Rabin's assassination was especially significant because Rabin's myth is a nation-constituting myth, and his assassination took place on the backdrop of a deeply divided society.
Collective memory · Group cohesiveness · Legitimacy · Meaning (existential) · Media studies · Mnemonic · Mythology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Solidarity · Classics · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Psychology · Rhetoric and Communication Studies
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |