Suchergebnisse

The bourgeois public sphere and its critics -- Nurturing communicative action -- Media for deliberative democracy -- Mediated public spheres -- Deliberative qualities of news and discussion media -- Non-deliberative media discourse -- Counterpublics and the role of emotions

"This book presents the first long-term study of the transnationalization of national public discourses in five European countries. This book will be of use to students of media and communication, political science, European studies and anybody interested in the media's contribution to bringing Europeans closer to each other."--Jacket

Die kritische Auseinandersetzung mit Medien und öffentlicher Kommunikation ist für eine zunehmend von Medien geprägte Gesellschaft von großer Bedeutung. Zu dieser Auseinandersetzung gehören einerseits die publizistische Medienkritik beispielsweise durch Fernsehkritiken und Medienseiten. Medienkritik in einem weit verstandenen Sinn findet sich andererseits aber auch in der Politik und den Aufsichtsgremien des Rundfunks, bei den Programmveranstaltern, in den medienbezogenen Wissenschaften und - nicht zuletzt - beim Medienpublikum selbst. Der Band, der Beiträge von Wissenschaftlern und Praktikern vereint, will diese medienkritischen Ansätze in ihrer ganzen Breite dokumentieren, diskutieren und so die kritische, öffentliche Auseinandersetzung mit Medien stärken. - Medienkritik als kulturelle Selbstverständigung ; Medienkritik als publizistische und ästhetische Angebotskritik ; Medienkritik als Medienjournalismus ; Medienqualität in der Debatte ; Kritik der Medien: Institutionen und Strategien

In this study, we offer a novel approach to research on migration reporting by focusing on the argumentative substance prevalent in different online outlets. Taking German refugee policy as our case in point we map the role that moral, ethical–cultural, legal, and pragmatic argumentations play within journalistic, partisan, and activist outlets; and how these coincide with incivility and impoliteness. Using dictionary-based content analysis on a data set of 34,819 articles from thirty online news outlets published between April 10, 2017, and April 10, 2018, we find that legacy mainstream media, partisan media, and activist media perform vastly different functions for the larger public sphere. We observe that human rights activist media perform an advocatory function by making the moral case for refugees, whereas corrosive partisan media at the fringe—particularly within the contra-refugee camp—often present opponents as inherently illegitimate enemies. Implications for public sphere theory and directions for future research on emerging and legacy media are discussed.

Conflicts perceived by the media, either within or across national borders, are a staple of modern societies. These conflicts become especially challenging for societies that are divided along religious, ethnic, cultural or political lines. In the light of such deep conflicts, the contribution of mediated deliberation to social integration moves center stage. In this paper we discuss normative standards for mediated public communication deemed conducive to social integration in divided societies by deliberative theorists. We identify inclusiveness, responsiveness, mutual respect, and the display of group-bridging identities as the essential criteria. These criteria can be applied as yardsticks to assess the production, the content as well as the reception of media material in both mass media and social media. They therefore serve as an ideal point of departure for empirical work on the media's role in social integration.