Remembering the 'American Century' Media Memory and the Time 100 List  

Oleh:

Grainge, Paul

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: International Journal of Cultural Studies vol. 5 no. 2 (Jun. 2002), page 201–219.
Topik: globalization; icons; memory; neo-liberalism; news media; Time
Fulltext: 201IJCS52.pdf (91.32KB)

Isi artikel

In this article, I consider a series of Time special issues, published in 1998 and 1999, that tried to estimate the 'people' and 'person' of the 20th century. Reading the series politically, I argue that Time engaged in a process of historical summary and cultural remembrance that serviced Henry Luce's prophecy of an American century, but that also aestheticized a national value system claiming primacy within the current, and prospective, climate of contemporary globalization. The article makes two related arguments. First, it situates the series in the context of Time magazine's own, rather destabilized, position as a news source and shaper of public opinion. Second, it considers how the series develops a particular 'common sense' about the meaning and memory of the century, measuring individuals according to their relative advancement of, or impediment to, Time's cardinal values of 'free minds, free markets, free speech and free choice'.

Opini Anda

Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini!

Kembali