The Shock of the News: Media Coverage and the Making of 9/11
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How did the events of September 11, 2001 come to be thought of as 9/11? The Shock of the News offers an in-depth analysis of the media coverage of this momentous event, demonstrating how 9/11 has been transformed into a morality tale centered on patriotism, victimization, and heroes. Introducing the idea of "public drama" as a way of making sense of how media processed and packaged the attacks for their audiences, Monahan not only illuminates how and why the coverage took shape as it did, but also provides us with new insights into the social, cultural, and political consequences of the attacks and their aftermath. The Shock of the News offers an important new understanding of this singular event of our time, explaining how and why September 11 became such a potent symbol, exploring how meanings and symbols get created, reinforced, and disseminated in modern society, and ultimately bringing the momentous events back into focus.
Acknowledgments ixPreface xiPart I1 Introduction: Understanding Public Drama 32 News as Public Drama: The Era of the Endless News Cycle 183 Making Public Drama: Telling a Good Story 39Part II4 Framing September 11: Overview of the Media and the Audience's Response 555 Seeking Sense amid the Shock: The Coverage on September 11 706 The Drama Is in the Details: Dramatic Amplification at Ground Zero 957 A Nation's Tragedy: Cultivating Emotionality at Ground Zero 117Part III8 America's Heroes: New York's Firefighters in the Spotlight 1359 To the Stars Go the Spoils: Moral Currency and the FDNY 15410 September 11 and Beyond: Public Drama in the Twenty-first Century 171Notes 183Bibliography 203Index 217About the Author 221
