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A Generation Since 9/11

Sunday, September 8, 2019 to Thursday, September 12, 2019

Theme week organized by

Daniel Van JelgerhuisGeorgia State University

Helping Undergraduate Students Grasp the Power of September 11th

By Andrea M Quenette

Monday, September 9, 2019

Placing 9/11 in its Historical Context a Generation Later

By Nathanael J Cloyd

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

9/11 - Information Poor in the Digital Age

By James Machado

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

9/11 Newspaper coverage

By Monika Raesch

Thursday, September 12, 2019

A Picture of Freedom?

By Rebecca Adelman

Friday, September 13, 2019

Featured Content

9/8/2019 to 9/12/2019
A Generation Since 9/11

Theme week organized by
Daniel Van JelgerhuisGeorgia State University
9/2/2019 to 9/6/2019
Infertility in Media

Theme week organized by
Ashley JonesGeorgia State University
8/26/2019 to 8/30/2019
Courtroom Dramas

Theme week organized by
Geoffrey HenryGeorgia State University
8/19/2019 to 8/23/2019
Modern Telethon

Theme week organized by
Lyndsey SheltonGeorgia State University
8/12/2019 to 8/16/2019
Popular Deconstructions

Theme week organized by
Daniel Van JelgerhuisGeorgia State University
8/5/2019 to 8/9/2019
Hideo Kojima

Theme week organized by
Andrew KempGeorgia State University

Recent comments

Re: A Picture of Freedom?

Thank you!

By Rebecca Adelman

Friday, September 13, 2019 - 19:00

Thank you, Monika, for your careful read and kind words. I think you're absolutely right about how the nature of the coloring/activity book might mean that it works as a different, and perhaps more compelling, form of interpellation than...
Re: A Picture of Freedom?

Rebecca, I had not heard

By Monika Raesch

Friday, September 13, 2019 - 11:36

Rebecca, I had not heard about this book before. The fact that children are asked to interact and 'color' in the pages, thereby engaging with the text on a more interactive level than a traditional book that only gets read may open up a discussion...
Re: 9/11 Newspaper coverage

A surprising emotional response

By James Machado

Thursday, September 12, 2019 - 20:28

Thank you for sharing this collection and analysis of the coverage of 9/11. To be honest, the most striking thing for me was the visceral response I had to the collection. The choice to deprioritize coverage of this attack on "non-significant...
Re: 9/11 Newspaper coverage

That's really interesting,

By Rebecca Adelman

Thursday, September 12, 2019 - 20:15

That's really interesting, and makes me think about how vague constructions like "the event" or "that day" simultaneously empty the actual event, the actual day, of meaning while simultaneously suggesting that they are so momentous as to be...
Re: 9/11 Newspaper coverage

I think 'the event' was

By Monika Raesch

Thursday, September 12, 2019 - 19:17

I think 'the event' was another phrase that was needed originally simply for variation (to not constantly say 'the attack',...). It was also neutral/objective term. Compared with 'that day' it permits less meaning-making though. What I'm trying to...