Media in Germany

Facts & Figures

The average journalist is male, just under 41-years-old, middle class, in a steady relationship, without children. He has a university degree, completed practical training as a journalist. The average journalist works in the print media.More ...

Political Communication in Web 2.0

“Today I am addressing you in a completely new way: with a video podcast. New technologies are not just fascinating for young people, I enjoy them as well.” This is how German chancellor Angela Merkel greeted the internet community in the first episode of her video podcast in June 2006.More ...
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The Guardian of Truth Is Over and Done With

Developments in the so-called Web 2.0 are influencing journalism in Germany on all three levels of production: how journalists obtain information, how they process it and how they disseminate it.More ...

Multimedia-Führerschein DaF   deutschitaliano

Online-course for German teachers on the use of media and the internet during lessons