Taking stock of “post- 9/11 media” is difficult because of the charged nature of the tragedy involved, though a few key themes can be identified as characteristic of the decade immediately following 9/11 through to the present day: The post- 9/11 era is defined by a culture of heightened awareness of the Arab-Muslim World; a climate of fear and guardedness against the perceived threat of militant Islamism, a direct response to the trauma of 9/11; and an ongoing state of war between the United States and its allies and fundamentalist Islamic terror groups like ISIS and Al Qaeda. In the period of time immediately following the September 11 attacks, we have also seen a technological revolution, with the rise of social media.
The state of journalism and the news industry is tied to the state of the nation where it resides. When the characteristics of the post- 9/11 era are considered, it must be understood that these themes also …show more content…
Journalism, essentially, is about telling a story, with the intent of informing the reader, and in the struggle to make the incomprehensible horror of events into something accessible, history might forgive members of the press for upholding a particular narrative rather than scrutinizing and interrogating it.
The post- 9/11 era, in the case of mainstream news, utterly transformed the news business. Public trust in the news has waned, newspapers across the country are being shut down or consolidated due to flagging readerships, and increasingly Americans are getting their news through alternative sources and the Internet. These trends are attributable not just to the post- 9/11 era’s effect on American journalism but also to changing
The state of journalism and the news industry is tied to the state of the nation where it resides. When the characteristics of the post- 9/11 era are considered, it must be understood that these themes also …show more content…
Journalism, essentially, is about telling a story, with the intent of informing the reader, and in the struggle to make the incomprehensible horror of events into something accessible, history might forgive members of the press for upholding a particular narrative rather than scrutinizing and interrogating it.
The post- 9/11 era, in the case of mainstream news, utterly transformed the news business. Public trust in the news has waned, newspapers across the country are being shut down or consolidated due to flagging readerships, and increasingly Americans are getting their news through alternative sources and the Internet. These trends are attributable not just to the post- 9/11 era’s effect on American journalism but also to changing