9/11 IM JAHR 2021 STATT 2001: SCHNELLER, SYNCHRONER, DRAMATISCHER - UND SCHNELLER VERARBEITET? EINE UCHRONIE.

This paper considers what the effects of a terrorist attack on the scale of 9/11 would have been if it had taken place on September 11th, 2021 instead of 2001. It examines the most important phenomena from the point of view of media and communication science, respectively, and presents four perspectives. Here, the authors make use, in a modified form, of the structure of the drama triangle from transactional analysis: victim, perpetrator, authorities/politics/media, rescuers to a certain extent, and the witnesses. They conclude that with approximately the same physical damage and somewhat smaller number of victims compared to 2001, the immediate media impact would probably be many times greater. This would also manifest itself in a broader portrayal of victimsʼ personal dramas, especially via social media, and the massive use of dronebased cameras. The perspective of the perpetrators would also probably be conveyed differently in the media today - both as the subject of reporting and also directly by the actors. Moreover, they would probably have to reckon with more rapid and targeted counterattacks on their personal and political environment. Authorities and rescue organizations would be called upon to communicate much more intensively, and witnesses/media consumers today would be - more than 20 years ago - not only recipients but part of the event, which leads to partly different consequences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]