Seitenhistorie

• 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 12^th 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