Re-meme-bering Tiananmen? From collective memory to meta-memory on TikTok

• Main Authors: Seet, Seth, Tandoc, Edson C.
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Social sciences::Communication::Visual communication; Social sciences::Mass media::Media studies; Collective Memory; Commemoration; Memes; Tiananmen Square Massacre; TikTok
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/171085
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre has been enshrined in the collective memory of different social groups globally in various ways, while the Chinese government enforces its own memory of Tiananmen through censorship and revisionism. These result in numerous memories of Tiananmen. Through a qualitat...