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- Title: Differences in Television News Coverage; A Comparison of RTL aktuell and ARD Tagesschau
- Author : Anonym
- Release Date : January 06, 2006
- Genre: Social Science,Books,Nonfiction,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 2096 KB
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The roots of German broadcasting lie in the Weimar Republic. The early years of broadcasting in Germany were mostly associated with Hans Bredow, Under-Secretary of State in the Imperial Post-Ministry. As Broadcasting Commissioner he was granted authority over the new medium. Throughout the Weimar Republic, broadcasting regulation remained under the authority of state officials. Control over the medium was exercised through a central information office on which the broadcasting stations relied for all their news and information. However, the broadcasters concentrated on artistic and entertainment programming, leaving out political expression. Furthermore, many of the state officials were committed to a specifically German kind of ’public-service ethos‘. Accordingly, persons such as Hans Bredow were concerned about using the new medium as a kind of instrument of civilization or culture, and to keep it separate from party politics. Despite these efforts, the undemocratic elites of the Weimar Republic prepared the path for the National Socialists to come into power. (Humphreys, 1994, pp. 124-126)
Under this totalitarian system, broadcasting regulation was put under the centralized control of Josef Goebbel‘s Reich Propaganda Ministry. Individual regional stations became Reichssender and broadcasting personnel fell victim to Nazi ’coordination‘ or Gleichschaltung. The authoritarian traits of the Weimar Republic were replaced by the totalitarian features of the Nazi regime. Radio quickly became the most important instrument of forming public opinion and promoting the National Socialist ideology. News and current affairs programs were used to present the Führer‘s pronouncements and ’achievements‘. Foreign coverage was filtered, as to prevent the influx of information from the outside world, which did not fit with the Nazi ideology. Jewish ’influence‘ was banned from the medium. Furthermore, broadcasting became a powerful weapon for spreading the Nazi views on ’racial purity‘. Especially towards the end of the war, broadcasting was employed as a means of mass-deception about the true military situation. Moreover, light entertainment was used to further discourage critical reflection and to foster a false sense of spiritual and moral contentment. But the war damages did not make a halt before broadcasting. After the war, Germany had less radio sets than at the outbreak of the war. Broadcasting facilities were heavily destroyed and Germany had to rely on the Allies for a rebuilding of the broadcasting system. (Humphreys, 1994, pp.126-128)
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