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Stories Without Borders

The Berlin Wall and the Making of a Global Iconic Event

Julia Sonnevend (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

232 Seiten

2016
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-060431-8 (ISBN)

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How do stories of particular events turn into global myths, while others fade away? What becomes known and seen as a global iconic event? In Stories without Borders, Julia Sonnevend considers the ways in which we recount and remember news stories of historic significance. Focusing on journalists covering the fall of the Berlin Wall and on subsequent retellings of the event in a variety of ways - from Legoland reenactments to slabs of the Berlin Wall installed in global cities - Sonnevend discusses how certain events become built up so that people in many parts of the world remember them for long periods of time. She argues that five dimensions determine the viability and longevity of international news events. First, a foundational narrative must be established with certain preconditions. Next, the established narrative becomes universalized and a mythical message developed. This message is then condensed and encapsulated in a simple phrase, a short narrative, and a recognizable visual scene. Counter-narratives emerge that reinterpret events and in turn facilitate their diffusion across multiple media platforms and changing social and political contexts. Sonnevend examines these five elements through the developments of November 9, 1989 - what came to be known as the fall of the Berlin Wall. Stories Without Borders concludes with a discussion of how global iconic events have an enduring effect on individuals and societies, pointing out that after common currencies, military alliances, and international courts have failed, stories may be all that we have to bring hope and unity.

Julia Sonnevend is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Michigan.

Introduction
1. Events in Media
2. Global Iconic Events: The Five Dimensions of Transnational Storytelling
3. Foundation
4. Mythologization
5. Condensation
6. Counter-narration
7. Remediation
8. Stories Without Borders: Thinking With Global Iconic Events
Conclusion
Notes on Research Methods

Erscheinungsdatum	05.10.2016
Zusatzinfo	44 bw halftone, 1 bw line art
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 231 mm
Gewicht	272 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-19-060431-X / 019060431X
ISBN-13	978-0-19-060431-8 / 9780190604318
Zustand	Neuware