The online discourse on the Demjanjuk trial. New memory practices on the World Wide Web?

Abstract

In this article I want to discuss the question if and how the World Wide Web changes social memory practices. Therefore I examine the relationship between the World Wide Web, social memory practices and public discourses. Towards discussing mediated memory processes I focus on the online discourse about the trial against the former concentration camp guard John Demjanjuk.

Keywords

• online discourse
• social memory practices
• world wide web
• mediated memories