---
"title": "The Commons of the Tragedy"
"description": "The speech covers our basic findings about how people used the Internet immediately after 9/11."
"date": "2002-03-06"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Lee Rainie"
    "job_title": "Former Director, Internet and Technology Research"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/lee-rainie/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/internet/2002/03/06/the-commons-of-the-tragedy/"
"categories":
  - "International Terrorism"
  - "Social Media"
  - "Terrorism"
"tags":
  - "News"
---

# The Commons of the Tragedy

The speech covers our basic findings about how people used the Internet immediately after 9/11 and it highlights some of the content analysis we did about how people used bulletin boards, memorial sites, chat rooms and listservs to develop their understanding of the event.