Economic consequences on entertainment industry

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 371.

Even entertainment has not been unaffected by the terror attacks. Shortly after the airplanes hit the World Trade Center most television stations cancelled their scheduled programs to concentrate on current events. The German music channel "Viva" completely stopped broadcasting video clips on Tuesday as a sign of respect for the victims and the victims' families. Radio stations avoided broadcasting certain songs like Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York".

In the weeks after 9/11 advertisements on TV were limited to a minimum. This was not just because of all the specials and extra editions, but also because companies didn't dare to show ads. So for example Coca Cola and Nike stopped all their advertisement campaigns^. Ads containing airplanes or skyscrapers which had previously been used as metaphors for success, power or ascension were cancelled. Many movies (e.g. "Spiderman") or series (e.g. "The Simpsons") were re-scheduled or re-edited in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. Hollywood postponed movies such as "Collateral Damage", "Gangsters" or "Big Trouble", a comedy about nuclear weapons in an airplane^. Theatres, cinemas and theme parks like "Disneyland California" reacted by closing its doors for several days.

As another consequence of September 11 dozens of books about Islam, terrorism or America's place in the world were published and many became bestsellers.

Even fashion changed. "We did not change our creations after September 11 since we believe that creativity should have no limits" said fashion designer Stefano Gabbana of Dolce & Gabbana. But human beings apparently didn't listen to him. Actually patriotic clothes like t-shirts printed with the "Star Spangled Banner" or "I love NYC" were bought by millions of people, especially in the United States and Europe.