Abstract
The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 changed American life as we know it. The USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 and the Homeland Security Act of 2002 have the potential for stifling the private communication of Americans beyond what most Americans would consider acceptable, even under the guise of "protection.'' This essay examines those implications and argues that it was the communication climate, created primarily by the media on September 11th, and the days and weeks immediately following that encouraged an acceptance of a rhetoric (in passing the USA PATRIOT Act) that would have been unacceptable prior to the attack.
Journal Title
Iowa Journal of Communication
Volume
35
Issue
1
First Page
67
Last Page
84
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Brewer, Edward C.
(2003)
"Patriotism or Patronizing Protective Surveillance? Big Brother and the USA PATRIOT Act,"
Iowa Journal of Communication: Vol. 35:
No.
1, Article 8.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ijc/vol35/iss1/8
Copyright
©2003 Iowa Communication Association
