Representing the group's cultural trauma online.
The case of the Holocaust as a cultural trauma in the Jewish-Israeli context can serve as an example of how younger members of collectives use the Internet as a platform on which to commemorate a trauma. This study explored their willingness to establish an Internet site for the purpose of commemorating the Holocaust as well as the materials and messages to be included. The results suggest that the younger members of a collective who live in a cultural atmosphere colored by the memory of a cultural trauma view online commemoration as an appropriate base from which to keep its memory alive, that audio-visual materials more so than textual ones are the preferred modes of representation, and that online commemoration is intended to provide a kaleidoscopic view of the trauma by focusing on the personal stories of both those who survived and those who perished.
Department of Education and Psychology, The Open University of Israel, Raanana, Israel. alonla@openu.ac.il
Alon
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Lazar
Tal
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Litvak Hirsch
D000328:Adult; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D017767:Holocaust; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000458:organization & administration; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D055815:Young Adult