Manipulation of Emotion: Construction of History at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

Location

CSU

Student's Major

Communication Studies

Student's College

Arts and Humanities

Mentor's Name

Lisa Perry

Mentor's Department

Communication Studies

Mentor's College

Arts and Humanities

Description

One purpose of contemporary Jewish history is to inform society about the Holocaust. For this purpose the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum was founded. Daniel's Story is one of many exhibits that 16.9 million people have visited (ushmm.org). In this exhibit, museum visitors are led by Daniel's voice through events in his past. This visceral and touching exhibit lets the visitor experience what the Holocaust was like for a child. This research project examines the Daniel's Story exhibit using the method detailed by Erika Faulk in her 1999 article, "Jewish Laws of Speech: Toward Multi-cultural Rhetoric" (Howard Journal of Communication). Faulk's article presents standards of Jewish rhetorical theory: lying, listening, parsimony, and delivery. An application of Faulk's method to the exhibit demonstrates manipulation can be a tool for education, but it raises ethical questions.

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Manipulation of Emotion: Construction of History at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

CSU

One purpose of contemporary Jewish history is to inform society about the Holocaust. For this purpose the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum was founded. Daniel's Story is one of many exhibits that 16.9 million people have visited (ushmm.org). In this exhibit, museum visitors are led by Daniel's voice through events in his past. This visceral and touching exhibit lets the visitor experience what the Holocaust was like for a child. This research project examines the Daniel's Story exhibit using the method detailed by Erika Faulk in her 1999 article, "Jewish Laws of Speech: Toward Multi-cultural Rhetoric" (Howard Journal of Communication). Faulk's article presents standards of Jewish rhetorical theory: lying, listening, parsimony, and delivery. An application of Faulk's method to the exhibit demonstrates manipulation can be a tool for education, but it raises ethical questions.