How Americans Responded: A Study of Public Reactions to 9/11/01

On the afternoon of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, a group of social scientists at the Institute for Social Research (ISR) gathered to consider how they might employ their talents to help the country after the shocking events of that morning. The group included economists, political scientists, psycho...

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Published in:PS, political science & politics political science & politics, 2002-09, Vol.35 (3), p.511-516
Main Authors: Traugott, Michael, Brader, Ted, Coral, Deborah, Curtin, Richard, Featherman, David, Groves, Robert, Hill, Martha, Jackson, James, Juster, Thomas, Kahn, Robert, Kennedy, Courtney, Kinder, Donald, Pennell, Beth-Ellen, Shapiro, Matthew, Tessler, Mark, Weir, David, Willis, Robert
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arab Americans
Attitude Measures
Behavior
Bombings
Citizen Participation
Civil liberties
Ethnic groups
Immigration
Military psychiatry
Minority & ethnic groups
National Security
Personal safety
Psychology
Public Opinion
Safety
Social Response
States
Studies
SYMPOSIUM
Terrorism
Trust
United States of America
Urban Areas
Volunteerism
Waves
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Summary:On the afternoon of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, a group of social scientists at the Institute for Social Research (ISR) gathered to consider how they might employ their talents to help the country after the shocking events of that morning. The group included economists, political scientists, psychologists, sociologists, demographers, and survey methodologists. Based upon their previous research experience, each of them proposed hypotheses on aspects of American life and individuals' morale and behavior that were most likely to be affected. While they were relatively confident about expected relationships in the short term, we were uncertain about how temporary or permanent these changes might be or how intertwined and mutually reinforcing they could become.
ISSN:1049-0965
1537-5935
DOI:10.1017/S1049096502000768