A right to memory and communication policy: Safeguarding the capability of remembrance

Can a right to memory be counted among the rights society needs to safeguard, if so, what are its theoretical and conceptual foundations, and how do they relate to communications We answer these questions by offering a new perspective regarding the right's components, origin and justifications, the mechanisms needed to realize it and the legal framework required for such realization. We begin by first recognizing the fundamental role of memory in human life, in particular as it pertains to the creation, preservation, and endowment of identity, which justifies the need to protect it. We then discuss memory's four elements-remembering, forgetting, being remembered, and being forgotten-and their dependence on communications. We follow by describing the nature of rights and the distinction between different types of rights. This helps us claim that recognizing the right to memory requires ensuring the capability to communicate by designing appropriate communication policies.

This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Communication Theory following peer review. The version of record [A right to memory and communication policy: safeguarding the capability of remembrance. Communication Theory 32, 4 p497-506 (2022)] is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/ct/qtac013.

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Work Title A right to memory and communication policy: Safeguarding the capability of remembrance
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  1. Noam Tirosh
  2. Amit M. Schejter
Keyword
  1. Memory
  2. Communication Policy
  3. Right to Memory
  4. Media
  5. Capabilities
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  1. Communication Theory
Publication Date July 21, 2022
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Deposited July 31, 2023

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