American Television’s Live Coverage of the 9/11 Attacks: Journalism on the Screen

This book analyzes the narratives and news coverage of 9/11 across ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and Fox News, arguing that television coverage shaped the cultural meaning, collective memory, and language of 9/11 in ways that continue to resonate throughout American culture.

Paul Arras is assistant professor in the Communication and Media Studies Department at SUNY Cortland.