When the terrorism attacks of 9/11 happened, I was only nine years of age. I didn't really understand what had happened and why everyone was panicking. As I have grown older, I have come to learn more and more about what happened that day and why it was such a big deal.
When I was younger, I never watched the news. Like any child, I thought it was boring and did not understand much. After watching the "Reliable Sources" video on the change of media coverage through out the years, I got a chance to see the type of coverage that was displayed during a time when I didn't understand.
When this tragic event happened, Kelli Arena a former CNN correspondent, explained how the news coverage was "All terror all the time." With the 10th Anniversary coming up this weekend, it seems like there has been nothing but 9/11 coverage on every news station. Not only has there been a remembrance on what happened 10 years ago, but there is even coverage on the fact that there are terrorist attack threats for this weekend. The video also explained how it took about 5 years for the terrorism coverage to slow down. I feel that is understandable. People probably were still scared and on their toes. I know I would have been if I knew more and was a bit older.
Now that we have more ways of receiving information like Twitter and other social networks, I feel that it may be easier for younger children to understand what happened on 9/11. Instead of watching the news, which most nine-year-olds probably don't watch, they are able to hop onto the Internet and see all the different coverage portrayed everywhere. The Internet is becoming very beneficial and is making it easier for not only adults but children as well to come together in this time of great remembrance.
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