Beyond the Mnemonic Function of Modern Technological Media of Memory: Recording and being recorded

Brahim Akaya; Hassane Oudadene

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Beyond the Mnemonic Function of Modern Technological Media of Memory: Recording and being recorded

Authors:

Brahim Akaya | Hassane Oudadene

Publisher:

Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines, Université Chouaib Doukkali El Jadida

Journal:

The International Journal of Cross-cultural Communication and Media Studies Vol.1 Issue 3, pp.1-14

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2024

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001847924

pISSN:

3085-4598

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Abstract:

 The preservation of memory has always been an onerous task. It is for this reason that scholars within memory studies postulate that the history of memory has always been a history of media of memory (Blackwell, 2018; Cubitt, 2007; Erll, 2011; Hall, 2006; Jenkins, 2019; Nucera & Campione, 2021; Schmidt, 2010). Humans have always been aware that events, be they small or big, are subject to oblivion and erosion by other elements. In this paper, I performed a content analysis of "The Entire History of You," which is the third episode of the British anthology series "The Black Mirror," with the following question in mind: Do modern memory aids (represented by fictional technological device «The Grain" in the selected episode) serve as mnemonic tools, or do they serve another purpose? This paper seeks to explore how the episode portrays the relationship between memory and technology in a digital age. This paper goes in line with Erl 2011’s discussion of how memory media are created. The findings of this paper show that the way media of memory are constructed in our modern technology-based society performs more than a mnemonic function. They foreshadow a panoptic society where technological media of memory carry memories and position people concomitantly both as a witness and witnessed.

Article Details

Beyond the Mnemonic Function of Modern Technological Media of Memory: Recording and being recorded

Authors:

Brahim Akaya | Hassane Oudadene

Publisher:

Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines, Université Chouaib Doukkali El Jadida

Journal:

The International Journal of Cross-cultural Communication and Media Studies Vol.1 Issue 3, pp.1-14

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2024

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001847924

pISSN:

3085-4598

Memory media

technology

mnemonic function

panoptic society

Issues

Article Details

Beyond the Mnemonic Function of Modern Technological Media of Memory: Recording and being recorded

Authors: Brahim Akaya | Hassane Oudadene

Publisher: Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines, Université Chouaib Doukkali El Jadida

Journal: The International Journal of Cross-cultural Communication and Media Studies Vol.1 Issue 3, pp.1-14

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 12/2024

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001847924

pISSN: 3085-4598

Memory media

technology

mnemonic function

panoptic society

Issues

Authors:

Brahim Akaya | Hassane Oudadene

Publisher:

Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines, Université Chouaib Doukkali El Jadida

Journal:

The International Journal of Cross-cultural Communication and Media Studies Vol.1 Issue 3, pp.1-14

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2024

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001847924

pISSN:

3085-4598