The news needs to become more user friendly for older people, topics that are current and also interesting. In my opinion, not write something about the Corona Virus on every front page at the moment. Everybody knows by now that this virus exists and it`s getting really annoying to read about it every day. News should become more serious for all users by coming across more credible or not exaggerating some news services (BILD.de).

The news should become more professional.

That only people with right informations can share it on the internet. Like that the news on the internet are staying professional and are not getting mixed with fake news. That will reduce dispute. 

One good thing is that people can easily inform themselves. They just have to type a subject on google and they will instantly find several articles. The downside to this point is that there are many fake articles. You can’t really separate real from fake. If there is an article with fake news, people might believe this and spread it around. That's how rumors get started. Of course, these sites use several strategies to seek the reader's attention, such as exploiting current issues. Current example: Corona. Since Corona is current and all media talk about it, it is not difficult for anyone to smuggle a few lies under it. There are also celebrities that benefit from the news. If they get into a scandal, published a new song or a movie, etc. they easily get attention if it’s mentioned in a news portal. A disadvantage in that point is that when celebrities get into a scandal, it might end their career. The internet never forgets. 

In order to bring this under control, people would have to inform themselves about which sites are reputable and which not. There also could be people or IT's that are specialized in finding fake articles and report or block them.  

News is very important, it influences our personal opinion and also keeps us updated from certain events.Nowadays many people obtain news from the internet especially the new generation.In the near future this will continue to be the case that almost everyone will obtain their news from the internet.There will be less people who will still read news from a newspaper.Therefore we should think about the advantages and disadvantages of getting news from the internet.

The internet offers a great alternative to get news faster.One advantage of using social media sources for news and information is that you can receive news almost immediately after the event happens for e.g without having to wait to see the news on TV or in print. Moreover, social media makes it easy for us to access information in the way you choose. Since various opinions are expressed on social media, its users can witness news and information from different angles but the advantage  can also turn to a disadvantage because many writers are working unprofessionally that means that a lot of writers do not research detailed enough to  form an opinion which may could cause a conflict between different population groups.It could also lead to manipulate the opinion of others.People  would also start to struggle to differentiate rather the news is true or false because of the amount of news.

So, What could be done to make the media better quality and What can we do to avoid these problems?

From my point of you people should start to analyse the meaning of the news they read for instance they should ask themselves questions like: What does the author/writer want to achieve with this information? Does he want to spread awareness or does he spread negativity? .These points are relevant  when it comes to forming an opinion.You shouldn’t believe in every news you read because it’s not supposed to tell the truth.Therefore  i think the news should need to avoid unserious contributions because people could start to believe in it or otherwise people would no longer read  from the source  because of the uselessness.

Özgenur D.

10th February 2021 

by Max 

 

Abel62, I have just come across your blog post and have read a little bit about the advantages and disadvantages of people getting the news from the internet and the media quality in Germany. I understand your questions because many of us, spending lots of time at the phone or computer while receiving news over news without mention it. 

Well, you know how important news are especially due the coronavirus these days, but in any kind of scenario you always want to make sure that the news you receive are real and safe, not fake! Getting the media from the internet has lots of advantages, but besides that there are also some disadvantages. To start off with the advantages I can tell you that there was never a faster and more efficient way to receive media and news when you get it from a safe source! There were lots of fake news spread in the world wide web. But besides that, you can reach large audiences and drive traffic to something you want to share. Like I said the disadvantages can not only be fake news, but there is also more for example, when you reach out to the people and start driving traffic you always open up the potential for embarrassment. 

Now coming to your second question about what we can do to make the media quality in Germany better, I can say that trough a lot of research I found out that a lot of sources try to effect the readers with overacted headlines so that they start looking at the headline and think “what happened there” and while reading they realize that there is no such bad thing like the headline told. 

I hope I helped you out with my answers and I am looking forward to some feedback. 

 

I think to make the media quality better in Germany they should stop making the headlines be more appealing that the news itself so the reader doesn‘t feel lied to or fooled.

Getting news from the internet has many advantages, but also disadvantages. At first the advantages are, that we can read news faster than in newspapers because new information is getting shared very fast. It is also good for the nature because it is saving paper. We also don’t have to pay for news on the internet and they are getting updatet several times a day. This might sound very good at first but getting information on the internet also has disadvantages. The financial development of newspaper publishers ist dropping drastically. News on the internet also have no standarts which means that everyone can publish news. We can’t trust everyone because fake news are spreading on the internet. People might publish news just for fun that aren’t real. 

 To get a better media quality it is important to check the source because fake news often come from fake websites. We should also question everything and check if the sites have many ads. We should ask ourselves „What is the author’s background?“. All in all we have to decide for ourselves on what we believe. 

Getting your news from the internet also has an environmental aspect. When you solely get news from the internet, you don’t need a printed version of the articles, cutting down on paper usage for that sector. 

Online news don’t come without cons however. Due to the nature of the internet, there can be very little quality control on certain news sites, especially when they don’t have a large company behind them. Anyone can upload something. That leads to another negative aspect, the difficulty of checking sources for authenticity and credibility. Especially with political topics, there is a lot of bias, since most people have an opinion on these topics, that will reflect how each topic is depicted in the news article. 

On sites like Facebook or Twitter the content algorithm only shows you things that you agree with or that fit your views, trapping you in a bubble of things that appeal to you specifically without showing other points of view.

Another negative aspect is that, due to less demand for printed newspapers, the industry behind and around will suffer, but at this point I think its death is inevitable.

What can be done to make media better in Germany? 

I think a good starting point for improving the quality of media would be to leave political opinions out of reporting news. Many news agencies do have a political opinion, which can be seen in their reporting. This might skew the events and spread misinformation or a wrong sense of the current events. News reporting should be as unbiased as possible. 
 For example, with the behaviour of news agencies in regards to events involving Trump, you were able to very clearly see which agency was aligned with democrats and which with the republicans.