The Wall Still Stands... Or Does It? Collective Memory of the Berlin Wall as Represented in American and German Newspapers
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-ohiou15332117797872642021-08-03T07:08:04Z The Wall Still Stands... Or Does It? Collective Memory of the Berlin Wall as Represented in American and German Newspapers Hiller, Katlin M. Journalism Mass Communications Mass Media History World History Berlin Wall Collective Memory Chicago Tribune Wall Street Journal New York Times Sueddeutsche Zeitung Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Junge Welt The fall of the Berlin Wall is widely seen as one of the defining moments of international relations in the twentieth century. The thesis compares and contrasts how the American and German narratives reconstruct and interpret the events of November 9, 1989 and its aftermath. The analysis presented here highlights some of the key distinctions in how American and German newspaper narratives are presented. In the American newspapers, reports focus on anecdotal stories in an effort to humanize the event and connect their readers to something that may or may not impact their daily lives. The German newspapers, in contrast, emphasize the facts and intricacy of the chronology of events. In both the American and German newspapers sample, there is a shift in perspectives between the 1990s and 2009 – in the years immediately following the fall of the Berlin Wall, the articles analyzed here overwhelmingly play into commonly lived memory, comparing the “then and now.” In 2009, however, articles speak of this event in a more metaphorical sense, using it as a moral lesson. 2018-10-01 English text Ohio University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1533211779787264 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1533211779787264 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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Journalism Mass Communications Mass Media History World History Berlin Wall Collective Memory Chicago Tribune Wall Street Journal New York Times Sueddeutsche Zeitung Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Junge Welt |
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Journalism Mass Communications Mass Media History World History Berlin Wall Collective Memory Chicago Tribune Wall Street Journal New York Times Sueddeutsche Zeitung Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Junge Welt Hiller, Katlin M. The Wall Still Stands... Or Does It? Collective Memory of the Berlin Wall as Represented in American and German Newspapers |
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The Wall Still Stands... Or Does It? Collective Memory of the Berlin Wall as Represented in American and German Newspapers |
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The Wall Still Stands... Or Does It? Collective Memory of the Berlin Wall as Represented in American and German Newspapers |
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The Wall Still Stands... Or Does It? Collective Memory of the Berlin Wall as Represented in American and German Newspapers |
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The Wall Still Stands... Or Does It? Collective Memory of the Berlin Wall as Represented in American and German Newspapers |
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wall still stands... or does it? collective memory of the berlin wall as represented in american and german newspapers |
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