This Monday, March 11, marks 20 years since the jihadist attacks on Madrid Cercanías trains.
11-M was the last major attack prior to the era of social networks and the proliferation of cell phones with cameras.
A year later, in the 7/7 attacks in London, thousands of images recorded on site by witnesses immediately reached the media.
A possibility that had grown exponentially in 2017, when the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils occurred.
In this video, Carlos E. Cué (journalist for EL PAÍS and author of
¡Pásalo!: the four days of March that changed the country
), Víctor Sampedro (professor of Political Communication and Public Opinion, and author of
Voces del 11-M : Victims of lies
) and Amparo López Meri (doctor in Journalism and co-author of the study
Journalistic ethics and use of images in the terrorist attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils
) analyze the images and information that we were able to see and share after the Madrid attacks in compared to other subsequent attacks.