The Fascination with Titanic Submersibles: Media Obsession and Personal Accounts.

The media coverage of the recent tragedy involving the Titan submersible that went missing on a trip to visit the site of the Titanic has been criticized as exploitative and callous. However, this is not a new phenomenon, as American media has always been obsessed with the darker elements of humanity and the public's insatiable thirst for sensational news. From the 1925 case of W. Floyd Collins to the 2018 Thai cave rescue, the media has always been drawn to real-time events with life-or-death stakes, using new technologies to consume and report on the news.