ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the relationship between media exposure, constructions of masculinity for youth, and male youth violence. Regardless of the epistemological perspective used to guide the research, collective memory work (CMW) is a method that falls under the participatory action research methodological umbrella. CMW is unique as participants are involved in the generation and analysis of data, which is useful to the community knowledge base and as a form of conscious raising as they engage in the process. In Frigga Haug et al.'s and June Crawford et al.'s CMW, there is an important focus on the memories shared, and the analytical discussion surrounding those memories is focused on as factual a description of the event as possible. Research using CMW has engaged with diverse groups of research participants when examining issues of gender and gender spaces. The chapter also presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book.
