I'm sitting here at the head of my table, the stove casts a warm glow, but also a lot of warmth into the room, my thoughts relax gently in the cozy warmth of the room. A recent criticism comes to mind, which was briefly described as “dirty media”.
The question arises in my mind as to whether this harsh criticism of the media could be accepted in such an undifferentiated manner as an acceptable probability. The answer is probably “No, definitely not undifferentiated,” but why not? Because we should pay attention to the change that the media has undergone through the Internet age, quickly and radically, without much time for adjustment, which, if you look closely, is only half the story. If you roughly place the beginning of the Internet age in the time of the first acoustic couplers, a time when those who were the proud owners of such a device were still wearily laughed at by many of those who order pizza on their smartphones today, then you only realize how much time they actually had Adjustment was available.
But back then it was just nerds, outsiders, pale birds and much more, none of them trendsetters. Admittedly, the connection rates were below all cannon and information was difficult for the “normal user” to find, but groups with similar interests quickly emerged who took advantage of this new medium. Newsletters were also published comparatively quickly.
At that time
Chat rooms on the Internet Relay Chat were, so to speak, the first social networks. There was already a lot of propaganda there, with moderate success at the time, but success nonetheless. However, the people who were mostly looked for in vain were the so-called mass media. Not their employees, you could meet them every now and then, even the conversations with one or two warning lawyers who were already working at the time were quite entertaining if you weren't sitting on the other side of the table.
The Internet became more colorful, the transmission rates increased, there was no reason for the print media to become operationally hectic for a long time, technical bells and whistles like this won't prevail in the long term, who has a PC and then a modem at home?
While the editors were still asking themselves this question, advertising supplements were distributed in their newspapers and magazines in which these very PCs including modems were advertised for sale.
While the user ran after ever faster lines, the public broadcasters shrugged their shoulders ignorantly when asked about media libraries.
Sticking with outdated technology and copper cables did the rest. Broadband what is it?
It was not for nothing that the Chancellor received ridicule and scorn when she dictated the humorous words “This is new territory for us” into the quote box.
However, this new territory was already settled and not everyone had noble intentions, of course not, not even those who were supposedly bringing the truth, the pure, blunt truth and everything that had previously been kept secret by the mass media into the world, or should I say just that , i.e. the truth bearers, are not.
Nothing like afterwards
The mass media woke up late, as was usual in the Germanic tradition, and tried to make up for the time, but you could stumble slowly and there were enough readers of their print editions.
But the offerings on the Internet grew steadily, and those who had previously been unable to make themselves heard suddenly found open ears and were able to broadcast their sometimes quite wild theories all over the world. While the long-serving print media were only slowly dipping their toes into the cold waters of the Internet, an information battle was already raging there, but the veterans had no other choice. They couldn't slowly acclimatize, they had to jump in, adapt, they simply had the soft start phase They overslept network information and stayed in the harbor for too long before setting off for new territory.
There, in uncharted territory, a new information culture had already developed. More and more emphasis was placed on the headlines, sometimes at the expense of the content; many online media have real sham information packages on display. While we used to be able to choose from a relatively manageable number of newspapers and magazines at the kiosk, where there were already qualitative differences in journalistic care, today we are overwhelmed by the offers online. If you initially think you can cope with this information overstimulation, sooner or later you realize that you are not up to it, but instead of reducing the amount and limiting yourself to subjectively really interesting things, many people, driven by the information deception, fall for it Fatal idea: reading the headlines would be completely sufficient for comprehensive self-information.
Shift in interests
At the same time, politically motivated groups managed to blatantly shift the balance of interests in Germany. A healthy informational egoism, in which each of us focuses primarily on issues that affect our own situation, be it sports, art, literature or politics, has turned into an unhealthy mixture of envy and rejection. The information was prepared for the people who were receptive to it in such a way that they reacted with envy, rejection and sometimes even hatred to everything strange and new. As a result, information about everything new and unfamiliar is received far better than information about one's own situation.
Due to the constantly falling number of print editions, publishers are forced to adapt to the market and are also pushing massively into the Internet information market, which, as we have seen, has long since developed its own dynamics. In some places, journalistic care is sometimes thrown overboard, copied, copied and sometimes even made up of hearsay. Preferably those that deal with the topics that are suitable for the masses; everything else used to be on page 4, but these no longer exist, so they are either left out entirely or only mentioned in passing.
The politicians, who have seen this phenomenon, but have lumped together and labeled the people behind it, are not entirely innocent. Instead of simply listening to why something is happening, the result itself is condemned, but they, i.e. the politicians, sometimes do not treat the symptoms that are their fault. Only the loud ones were and are listened to, the quiet ones who stand next to them, no one lends an ear to them, even though it is the quiet ones who could most likely contribute something to the solution.
Maybe wrong too
Maybe I'm wrong and my thesis is completely absurd, but I think that if the politicians of the formerly established parties had the heart to do so and listened to those who see themselves as forgotten and relegated by society, they would address their concerns would accept. If we offer you solutions, solutions that are more than just hot air, solutions in which you don't celebrate each other as great heroes for 50 cents more in the pockets of those affected, then perhaps we would be able to bring other topics to the fore again bring.
Until then, however, the “dirty media” have to watch the people’s mouths and we realize that “family reunification” gets more clicks during the coalition negotiations than “8,000 new jobs should be created in nursing” – which, by the way, is far too few, none for the nursing positions represents real relief, but is celebrated as a great achievement. The much-hyped drop in the ocean has more impact.
So it's not just the “dirty media” who are to blame, they just missed the departure to new territory, part of the blame also lies with politicians who didn't react deeply enough.
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