Themes for future research on memory, mind and media

Abstract We describe three areas of inquiry that we foresee as being important in future studies collective memory, mind, and media. The first is the power narratives, usually provided by collectives, which can be explicit conscious or implicit unconscious. A second theme during this period populism nationalism study self-centredness (or egocentricity) groups, especially nations believing their past special. Such egocentricity feed conflict among well groups within nations. third direction for research thinking, how people anticipate events they expect to unroll whether these are mostly positive negative. puzzle thinking relative memory why readily argue about even fight over from past, but find it much more difficult mobilise life-threatening such global warming nuclear war. look forward crucial topics others appear Memory, Mind & Media .