Nur Krisen, Kriege, Katastrophen? Was tun gegen die Nachrichten-Müdigkeit? | Kolleg

In the organizer's words:

News often provides information about grievances, problems, conflicts and damage. How do you deal with this? Switch off the radio, change the TV channel and not even take note of what is happening in the world? Communication science speaks of news fatigue and news avoidance - and warns of consequential damage to democracy if many people are no longer sufficiently informed about current political and social events. It is investigating whether a different type of reporting can solve the problem: so-called "constructive journalism". Solution-oriented news is intended to inspire, spread hope and encourage people to get involved in society - and media research has found positive effects on the emotional mood and willingness to act of media users in numerous experiments and surveys. But on the other hand, a field of tension arises, because: Is this then actually still the objective and neutral journalism we want?

Dr. Uwe Krüger's lecture addresses news fatigue and its risks for democracy and presents the approach of constructive journalism.