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The Impact of 9-11 on the Media, Arts, and Entertainment is the fourth volume of the six-volume series The Day that Changed Everything? edited by Matthew J. Morgan. The series brings together from a broad spectrum of disciplines the leading thinkers of our time to reflect on one of the most significant events of our time. Contributors include PJ Crowley, Mel Dubnick, Nancy Snow, Mich?le Cloonan, and other leading scholars.
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The Impact of 9/11 on the Media, Arts, and Entertainment Also by Matthew J. Morgan A Democracy Is Born The American Military after 9/11: Society, State, and Empire The Impact of 9/11 on Politics and War The Impact of 9/11 on Business and Economics The Impact of 9/11 and the New Legal Landscape The Impact of 9/11 on Psychology and Education The Impact of 9/11 on Religion and Philosophy The Impact of 9/11 on the Media, Arts, and Entertainment The Day That Changed Everything? Edited by Matthew J. Morgan With a Foreword by Rory Stewart 9/11 ON THE MEDIA, ARTS, AND ENTERTAINMENT Copyright © Matthew J. Morgan, 2009. THE IMPACT OF All rights reserved. First published in 2009 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–0–230–60841–2 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The impact of 9/11 on the media, arts, and entertainment : the day that changed everything? / edited by Matthew J. Morgan ; with a foreword by Rory Stewart. p. cm. ISBN 978–0–230–60841–2 (alk. paper) 1. September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001—Influence. 2. September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, in mass media. 3. September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, in art. 4. September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001—Social aspects. I. Morgan, Matthew J. HV6432.7.I447 2009 973.931—dc22 2009012784 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: December 2009 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America. To the memory of Charlotte G. Morgan, and for Sharon, who carries her memory like no one else This page intentionally left blank Contents Foreword Rory Stewart ix Acknowledgments xv About the Contributors Introduction Matthew J. Morgan xvii 1 Part I New Narratives and the Media 1 Aggressive Action: In Search of a Dominant Narrative Melvin J. Dubnick, Dorothy F. Olshfski, and Kathe Callahan 2 The 9/11 Attacks and the Social Construction of a National Narrative Richard Jackson 25 The Battle of Narratives: The Real Central Front against Al Qaeda P. J. Crowley 37 Islamic Terrorism: The Red Menace of the Twenty-First Century Krista E. Wiegand 51 3 4 9 5 Escape from 9/11: Back to the Future of the Mass Society James F. Tracy 63 6 The Resurgence of U.S. Public Diplomacy after 9/11 Nancy Snow 77 7 Leaving the Cave: Government, Culture, and the Information Age Simon Moore and Donald Bobiash 89 viii CONTENTS 8 A Distracted Media: Sidetracked and Hoodwinked Lisa Finnegan 99 Part II The Arts and Entertainment 9 Readin