The Response to 9/11 Would Look Vastly Different in Today’s World

Robert Thompson, Trustee Professor of radio, television and film and director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the Newhouse School, and was interviewed about issues related to the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attack and pop culture including NBC News, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, The History Channel, and China Global Television Network.

In the NBC News article, Thompson said, “Safe to say, if what happened on Sept. 11, 2001, happened today, the response would have been vastly different. The major variable is social media and the explosion of the digital environment.”