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Media Perspective on Dark Tourism and Memory

• according to Širok (2009, p. 31), certain events that are irrelevant
to the collective memory and that do not fit into broader historical
contexts, are not initially integrated into the media nor in histori-
cal narratives. Such events are also not commercially interesting in
terms of tourism – see Light (2017, pp. 278–279) and sub-chapter 2.2
‘Dark Tourism Typology’ – so they will be intentionally ignored;

• manipulations and politicisation are pointed out similarly as in sub-
chapter 3.4 ‘Chapter Conclusion.’ How can this coexist in a multi-
cultural society, where the above-mentioned binarity is even more
complicated than in a homogeneous society?

Questionable media objectivity, neutrality, truthfulness (Wertsch,
2002, p. 95) and credibility (Metzger et al., 2003) call for carefulness in
the investigation and interpretation of results. Results represent a media-
constructed reality. In spite of that, the growing importance and impact of
the media on modern humanity should not be ignored (especially when
online content is considered).

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