the 9/11 media fall-out: all articles

From the quintessentially symbolic nature of the targets, to the worldwide and blanket coverage; from the transformations they wrought in the TV schedules to their longer-term likely impact on the kinds of films and narratives available to Hollywood and allied image-factories; from questions of impartiality and selectivity in news coverage to wider cultural themes like the media’s role in the 'orchestration of emotion’ and the management of 'shared national experiences.’ Media scholars, from London to New York, Tel Aviv to Islamabad debate the consequences.
Wednesday 24th April

Bringing it all back home: 11 September and television as a small medium

Paul Frosh, 24 April 2002
As an ‘exceptional’ TV moment, the September attacks on the US do not support Nick Couldry’s argument for a change in the way television depicts the world. The truly needed reform lies deeper – in the very nature of television as a means of individual and collective self-expression.
Wednesday 12th December

The media in Pakistan: a new era?

Beena Sarwar, 12 December 2001
The pressures of international crisis on Pakistan have had paradoxical effects on the country’s media. Although self-serving rumours freely circulate and religious militants try to police the press, a space of debate about hitherto restricted subjects - the country’s Afghan and Kashmiri policies - has opened up. But will it survive the glare of war?
Thursday 22nd November

An interview with Jon Snow

Jon Snow, 22 November 2001
The presenter of the UK’s Channel 4 evening news programme, widely respected for his combination of authority and independence of mind, in conversation about television and war, Islam and oil, and what makes a good journalist.
Monday 5th November

The ethics of mediation

Nick Couldry, 5 November 2001
What we need is more debate about the ethics of both image and word, and their interrelations. openDemocracy is the place where this debate could develop.
Wednesday 31st October

Before the deluge

Danny Schechter, 31 October 2001
When war clouds loom, music is more than soundtrack or solace: it is a necessary reminder of our common humanity. Don’t let the censors rule.
Wednesday 24th October

The apocalypse will be televised: a response to Nick Couldry

Paul Frosh, 24 October 2001
Nick Couldry is right to focus on the inequalities of the global media, and the symbolism of the targets, as part of the meaning of 11 September. But his preference for “word” over “image” in the dissemination of the events may be questioned. It is TV which can – in principle – provide a compulsive reality-check which deepens awareness of such events.
Sunday 14th October

Paradox of freedom on the media frontline

James Curran and David Elstein, 14 October 2001
As the innovative Al Jazeera station opens out to a new audience across the Arab world, governments are pressing broadcasters to collaborate in their management of the public mind.
Wednesday 3rd October

A way out of the (televised) endgame?

Nick Couldry, 3 October 2001
The acts of 11 September had a symbolic as well as political meaning, and can be seen as a violent challenge to a world where symbolic inequality parallels and reinforces other kinds of inequality. Widening the media landscape to create a real global dialogue is now essential.

The Media strand: 11 September and beyond

David Hayes, 3 October 2001
Between the debates on public service broadcasting and on the power of media corporations, fell the awful shadow of 11 September. How will the media strand of openDemocracy respond?
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