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- Title
SEARCHING FOR A LEGACY: THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, COLLECTIVE MEMORY AND THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1992 L.A. "RIOTS".
- Authors
Twomey, Jane L.
- Abstract
How is the 1992 Los Angeles urban unrest remembered 10 years later? What is the role of the media in shaping and preserving a community's collective memory of the events? In an attempt to investigate these question, this study examines the Los Angeles Times' role in public memory of the riots by examining the newspaper's 10th anniversary commemorative series "Legacy of the Riots: 1992-2002." Drawing Upon the literature on collective memory and journalism, this Study finds that the Los Angeles Times negotiated collective memory of the events and used this negotiated memory to contextualize and explain conditions in the city 10 years after the riots. The study suggests that further research should focus on the ability of media to frame memory, and what the implications of that framing might be.
- Subjects
BREACH of the peace; RIOTS; HEGEMONY; CULTURAL imperialism; FREEDOM of assembly; JOURNALISM
- Publication
Race, Gender & Class, 2004, Vol 11, Issue 1, p75
- ISSN
1082-8354
- Publication type
Article