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| 9/11 Terrorist Attack on World Trade Center |
Struggles surrounded the reporting of 9/11 which lead reporters to have patriotic reports. Some facts about 9/11:
- The largest mass killing on US soil.
- Technology brought images from the scene so that public eye could view the events.
- Rise of amateurs documenting events.
- Divided the world - created distrust.
- The enemy framed as the Islamic peril.
- Lead to legislations against certain 'types'.
"It wasn't just a terrorist attack but attacked the economy.
When a journalist attends any disaster there is always grappling with context for the event.
Screenshots of online newspapers at the time when the attack occurred - click here.
"The picture conveyed by the media was as follows: a benevolent, democratic, and peace-loving nation was brutally attacked by insane evil terrorists who hated the United States for its freedoms and affluent way of life." ~ George W Bush.
The Media as meaning maker - Work through trauma has not only individual but collective repercussions.
The media needs to serve as a conveyer, translator, mediator and meaning maker.
How does a disaster effect the practice of journalism.
How does a journalist cope with such horrific events? What does 'best practice' mean?
The Media as meaning maker - Work through trauma has not only individual but collective repercussions.
The media needs to serve as a conveyer, translator, mediator and meaning maker.
How does a disaster effect the practice of journalism.
How does a journalist cope with such horrific events? What does 'best practice' mean?
Media painted those who objected to war as 'the decadent left.'
Limited and Biased Media Coverage
Experts controlled the dominant discourses on terrorism. Produced a rational debate. Little focus on lapse of security. Media spotlight focused on the incidents rather than broader ideas.
Those who were Muslims were forced into a position of apologising for their religion after the attacks.
The Issues with Muslim representation
Militant Islamists as spokespersons for all Muslims. Problems developing effective leadership (democratic), Four major TV networks shared footage - Commercials disappeared.
The main-stream media removed image-intensive graphics. Reduced advertising content - WashingtonPost.com removed all it's homepage advertising.
Newspapers - Provided analysis, typeset was larger and pictures were more prominent.
Amateur news reporters used blogs as a decentralised media. Several major sites connected to the internet were severed but the main back-line stayed functional.
36% of online uses went online looking for news within the first 2 days. 29% of internet users - more than 30m people. Online news category grew 80% in one week.
Blogs - Hundreds of blogs made available eye witness accounts, photographers, video footage. Challenged mainstream media coverage which relying on 'talking heads' to 'man in the street.'
Limited and Biased Media Coverage
Experts controlled the dominant discourses on terrorism. Produced a rational debate. Little focus on lapse of security. Media spotlight focused on the incidents rather than broader ideas.
Those who were Muslims were forced into a position of apologising for their religion after the attacks.
The Issues with Muslim representation
Militant Islamists as spokespersons for all Muslims. Problems developing effective leadership (democratic), Four major TV networks shared footage - Commercials disappeared.
The main-stream media removed image-intensive graphics. Reduced advertising content - WashingtonPost.com removed all it's homepage advertising.
Newspapers - Provided analysis, typeset was larger and pictures were more prominent.
Amateur news reporters used blogs as a decentralised media. Several major sites connected to the internet were severed but the main back-line stayed functional.
36% of online uses went online looking for news within the first 2 days. 29% of internet users - more than 30m people. Online news category grew 80% in one week.
Blogs - Hundreds of blogs made available eye witness accounts, photographers, video footage. Challenged mainstream media coverage which relying on 'talking heads' to 'man in the street.'
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