Media Information (September 11, 2001)

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Terror and the Web Terror and the Web: A look at the effects on news services and other Internet-related aspects of the attacks. (Media Information) http://www.dynamoo.com/diary/0109.htm FAIR: World Trade Center/Pentagon Attacks FAIR: World Trade Center/Pentagon Attacks: Articles, columns, broadcasts, background, documents and links about the media coverage. Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting. USA. (Media Information) http://www.fair.org/issues-news/terrorism.html Finding Disaster Coverage At Search Engines Finding Disaster Coverage At Search Engines: Following the unprecedented terrorist attack on the United States, web users turned en masse to search engines for information. It took those services some time to adjust to the demand, but as the day progressed, many came up to speed. (Media Information) http://searchenginewatch.com/sereport/01/09-wtc.html Devastation Unfolds on National Television Devastation Unfolds on National Television: Information on the role the media played in Tuesday's attacks. (Media Information) http://www.canoe.ca/CNEWSWorldTrade0109/11_tv-ap.html Rumors of War Rumors of War: Addresses specific rumors and/or misinformation having to do with the September 11, 2001 attacks. (Media Information) http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/rumors.htm Battle Stations Battle Stations: How September 11th has changed network news, by Ken Auletta, The New Yorker. (Media Information) http://www.newyorker.com/FACT/?011210fa_FACT1 Media Spin Revolves Around the Word "Terrorist" Media Spin Revolves Around the Word "Terrorist": Norman Solomon discusses the definition of the term "terrorist" and the use of the term in the media after September 11. (Media Information) http://www.fair.org/media-beat/011004.html Guardian: Arab websites see traffic soar Guardian: Arab websites see traffic soar: Owen Gibson. "The web is making it easier to get an alternative view on events. We're no longer so much at the mercy of government controlled media" says Abul Taher, editor of Eastern Eye. UK. (Media Information) http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,566225,00.html Poynter: Covering the Attack Poynter: Covering the Attack: Articles about leading the newsroom, planning ahead, ethics issues, online coverage, visual journalism, analysis of coverage, ideas, personal stories and coping with the story. Articles indexed by topic, date and author. From Poynter Institute, a journali (Media Information) http://www.poynter.org/Terrorism/ MediaGuardian: When the web came of age MediaGuardian: When the web came of age: Owen Gibson. How net editors coped with the story: BBC, Sky News, CNN Europe, Ananova and ITN. (Media Information) http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,7558,552692,00.html NCAC: Free Expression After September 11th NCAC: Free Expression After September 11th: An online index, by the National Coalition Against Censorship. (Media Information) http://www.ncac.org/issues/freeex911.html Internet News: Tragedy Results In Web News Gridlock Internet News: Tragedy Results In Web News Gridlock: Although Web sites like MSNBC.com, CNN.com and CBSNews.com initially began their coverage of Tuesday's tragedy by offering big graphics, live audio, and video, staffers rushed to distribute server loads and put up text-only sites, in an effort to make inf (Media Information) http://www.internetnews.com/IAR/article/0,,12_882061,00.html Repression of the Press Repression of the Press: Reports on two print journalists who lost their jobs for articles written shortly after September 11th, and offers copies of the original articles. (Media Information) http://www.dreamscape.com/morgana/thepress.htm