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Mass Media in Germany
99 per cent of people in Germany use the mass media every day, and not just
briefly. They spend more than seven hours a day using computers, mobile phones
and television.
Now you will see a video where German media in the past and present are
compared.
The German media landscape is diverse and robust |rə(ʊ)ˈbʌst|. Independent
information on current events is constantly available on radio and television, in the
print media or on online news portals |ˈpɔːtəlz|.
The media are the “fourth power”
The importance of journalists and editors is so great that many people describe
them as the “fourth power” alongside the executive, legislature and judiciary. The
press is free, protected by the constitution and has a supervisory function – also
with regard to itself.
Public-service and private broadcasters
Many people in Germany subscribe to a local newspaper so that they know what is
happening in their immediate surroundings – it reports not only on politics and
business in their town, but also on construction projects, accidents and all kinds of
events. Supraregional daily newspapers, such as Süddeutsche Zeitung, Frankfurter
Allgemeine Zeitung and Welt, offer background information and investigative
journalism. They are traditionally held in high esteem.
And now I want to show you a video with quick facts about Newspapers in
Germany.
The media that young people use
Almost all are online
99 per cent of young people are online, preferably when they are on the move.
Smartphones have long since become the digital platform for communication and
information, and they enable access to traditional media in a new form as well.
That is why television and radio still reach young people, independent of separate
equipment. 75 per cent of 12 to 19-year-olds watch television several times a week,
but only 45 per cent watch every day. 73 per cent of young people in Germany
listen to the radio at least once a week, and just over two listen every day. 40 per
cent spend time reading books every week, and about 21 per cent daily.
The constitution guarantees freedom of opinion and freedom of the press
The fact that there are so many different news media in Germany is also a result of
the constitutionally guaranteed freedom of opinion and freedom of the press in the
Federal Republic. Article 5 of the Basic Law states: “Every person shall have the
right freely to express and disseminate his opinions in speech, writing and pictures,
and to inform himself without hindrance from generally accessible sources. (…)
There shall be no censorship.”
Press code for journalists
Journalistic due diligence requires that journalists must precisely check the source
and content of a report before publication. If they are publishing unfounded
information or hearsay, they must make this clear in the article. Furthermore,
reporting must not be mixed with advertising. Advertising content must always be
clearly identified as such. If journalists have falsely represented a person or
information, they are obliged to publish a counterstatement. In addition, journalists
can be made legally accountable for what they have published.
Regulators: Press Council and Broadcasting Council
The Press Council and Broadcasting Council monitor whether journalists observe
these principles.
The Broadcasting Council monitors whether public-service television and radio
stations fulfil their statutory broadcasting responsibility – in other words, whether
their programming contributes to information, education, guidance, culture and
entertainment as well as to securing diversity of opinion in Germany. The
Broadcasting Council should represent a cross-section of the population: its
members are appointed by societal organisations, such as unions, churches and
political parties.
https://www.deutschland.de/en/media-in-germany
https://www.deutschland.de/en/topic/culture/media-in-germany-user-figures
https://www.deutschland.de/en/topic/culture/which-media-are-young-people-in-
germany-using