Digital interactivity in public memory institutions: The uses of new technologies in Holocaust museums

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Reading, Anna ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency; Digital media; Holocaust; Interactivity; Memory; Museums; New technologies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037248402     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016344370302500105     Document Type: Article

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