This paper compares Australian and Mexican focus groups discussing the media memories of their youth. It forms part of the Global Media Generations 2000 project, in which cohorts of three generations have been interviewed in 12 countries. The first radio, television and internet generations were asked about the media environment of their youth, about the major local and international events they recalled, and finally about a number of significant international events. This paper uses the results of two countries to argue for a version of media relativism: that the way events are remembered is in part determined by the media available.
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