Communication and terrorism : public and media responses to 9/11 / edited by Bradley S. Greenberg.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-354) and indexes.

Preface / Bradley S. Greenberg -- Introduction / Jack Wakshlag -- I. DIFFUSION OF NEWS OF THE ATTACKS, COMMUNICATION PATTERNS, AND RELATED BEHAVIORS -- Diffusion, media use and interpersonal communication behaviors / Bradley S. Greenberg ... [and others] -- Media sources of information and attitudes about terrorism / Guido H. Stempel III, Thomas Hargrove -- Internet use and the terror attacks / Steve Jones, Lee Rainie -- Public perceptions of media functions at the beginning of the war on terrorism / Elizabeth Perse ... [and others] -- Media use, information seeking, and reported needs in post crisis contexts / Matthew W. Seeger ... [and others] -- Tracking media use and gratifications / Tom Ruggiero, Jack Glascock -- Tracking media consumption among monitors and blunters / Melissa M. Spirek ... [and others] -- Media use in Germany around the attacks in the United States / Jutta Roeser, Gudrun Schaefer -- II. THE CONTENT OF NEWS AND NON-NEWS ELEMENTS OF THE TERRORIST ATTACKS -- How TV news covered the crisis: the content of CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC and Fox / Kirsten Mogensen ... [and others] -- Dynamics of electronic media coverage / Kevin J. Dooley, Steven R. Corman -- Dehumanizing the enemy in editorial cartoons / William B. Hart, II, Fran Hassencahl -- Representing patriotism: the blurring of place and space in an "all-American city" / Donnalyn Pompper -- "Plane wreck with spectators": the semiotics of terror / Bernhard Debatin -- III. RESPONSE AND REACTIONS TO NEWS OF THE TERRORIST ATTACKS -- National studies of stress reactions and media exposure to the attacks / Leslie B. Snyder, Crystal L. Park -- Parents' perceptions of children's fear responses / Stacy L. Smith ... [and others] -- Hopes and fears of 6- to 11- year-olds / Susan Royer, Kelly L. Schmitt -- Emotion and coping with terror / Cynthia Hoffner ... [and others] -- Fear, grief, and sympathy responses to the attacks / William J. Brown ... [and others] -- Emotional involvement in the attacks / Mary M. Step ... [and others] -- Gender differences in perceptions of media reports of the Gulf and Afghan conflicts / Robert A. Baukus, Susan M. Strohm -- Communication infrastructure and civic actions in crisis / Yong-Chan Kim ... [and others] -- Public opinion responses in Germany / Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann -- Summary and discussion / Bradley S. Greenberg, Linda Hofschire.