Media

Interview with Peter Weibel, Chairman and CEO of the ZKM, Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, about Faith in Images; the ordinary and the sublime; and The dream of Universalism.

We may experience journalism in an entirely new way in future. 360-degree videos and virtual reality reports allow the audience to dive right into a news story and experience events up close. These new formats are also making inroads in Germany.

In 1935 the world’s first regular television service was launched in Berlin with a live broadcast. Since then, this key medium has undergone all kinds of different phases – says media scientist Lorenz Engell.

Satire shows on German television are increasingly addressing political issues. It is still, however, difficult to compare them with their American role models, says media scientist, Benedict Porzelt.
 

The only good news is bad news? No, think some media in Germany and want to report more constructively in future. Their biggest critics are found within their own ranks.

The German media are caught in a crisis of credibility. In order to regain trust and act against manipulated and false information on the internet, they have launched various initiatives.

“Bring more diversity into the media” is the motto of the New German Media Makers. In an interview, their Deputy Chairman, Chadi Bahouth, explains why the perspective of immigrants gets the short end of the stick in media coverage and how the association wants to change this.