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Reimer, J. (2013): Die Tagesschau und ihr Publikum. [Tagesschau and its Audience] In: European Journalism Observatory (online).
Julius Reimer, M. A.
2013
In the light of “fake news” accusations against established media and declining subscription numbers: what does the public expect from journalists, and how do they view their own role in terms of social cohesion?
How do people in different social situations use different kind of media? And how do they contribute to the creation of public spheres and social cohesion?
The relationship between journalism and its audience is changing, yielding consequences for what journalists cover and how. The project, which is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), examines the breadth, depth, and diversity of this re-figuration and its consequences.
The project, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), investigates how journalistic pioneers and pioneer communities envision an ideal future for journalism and, by that, actually shape the future of the field.
How does each individual establish a connection to the public through media and, thus, change the communicative figuration of the public? The project “Public Connection”, financed by the German Research Foundation, seeks to answer these questions as part of the research association &ldqu...
In a contribution to the anthology "Social Media", Dr. Gregor Wiedemann and Cornelia Fedtke examine the interplay between hate speech and counter speech on social networks. The authors propose a model for computer-aided critical discourse analysis. Download the article here (fee required)...
In the Jugend Medien Schutz-Report (Youth Media Protection Report), Kira Thiel and Dr. Stephan Dreyer give an overview of sticker use practices by children and young people in messenger services and address the associated risks. To the article (fee required) Abstract Happy teacups, cute dog...
In this paper, Lisa Merten analyses how users curate their news consumption on social media by specifically following or blocking news accounts. She draws on the data set collected by the Reuters Digital News Survey, which includes information on the online news usage behaviour of over 70,000 respo...
Irene Broer writes about the editorial response of the Science Media Center Germany (SMC) to the outbreak of the pandemic in a special issue of the Journal of Science Communication, which focuses exclusively on communication in connection with COVID-19. Irene Broer was part of the editorial t...
Prof. Dr. Wiebke Loosen, Julius Reimer and Dr. Sascha Hölig analyze the self-image of journalists in their article published in the journal Journalism Studies. The focus is not only on their own role perception, but also on the expectations of their audience - in other words, what journalists w...
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