Open AccessTelevision as a Hybrid Repertoire of Memory
Author(s) -
Berber Hagedoorn
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2213-0969
DOI - 10.18146/2213-0969.2013.jethc032
Subject(s) - repertoire , forgetting , computer science , cultural memory , affect (linguistics) , citizen journalism , cognitive science , sociology , communication , psychology , cognitive psychology , world wide web , art , literature , anthropology
In this article, television is reconsidered as a hybrid ‘repertoire’ofmemory. It is demonstrated how new dynamic production and schedulingpracticesin connection with highly accessible and participatory forms ofuser engagementoffer opportunities for television users to engage with thepast, and how suchpractices affect television as a practice of memory. Themedia platform HollandDoc is discussed as a principal casestudy. By adoptingand expanding Aleida Assmann’s model of the dynamics ofcultural memorybetween remembering and forgetting, a new model to studytelevision ascultural memory is proposed which represents the medium’shybridity in themulti-platform era.