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Quick Facts about the German Media System Cloak |
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Summary- Long history of printed press; the media system especially influenced by the experience of the Nazi-dictatorship and the German division
- Germany’s demographics are changing due to an aging society and migration; representation and diversity in the media is a challenge
- Germany has a dual broadcasting system: a range of public-funded channels, free from state control and commercially financed private broadcasters
- Newspapers are widespread, but struggle with declining sales due to the rise of online media
- Television is the most popular medium
- Germany has a liberal legal framework for the press & ranks 12th in the press freedom index of reporter without borders
- The media landscape is dominated by serveral media companies: Bertelsmann, Axel Springer, Pro7Sat1 AG and Funke Mediengruppe
- The Journalistic profession is free of access, but worsening market conditions and an increasing workload due to cross media make it harder to get into the field
- Germans use Social Media rather conservatively and there is a widespread skepticism about data security
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