Twitter, YouTube and Co. are purely commercially oriented. And clicks are best generated through arousal. Even more so, through polarization, even those that divide. This happens particularly quickly in debates about migration, refugees, the coexistence of people of different origins, cultures and religions. We as users notice that, studies prove it, and it is shown by frightening examples such as the debate after the Hanau attacks. Not only sorrow and dismay were articulated, but also hatred and defamation boiled up.
In episode 4 of “quoted. der medienpodcast”, communication scientist Nadia Zaboura and SZ author Nils Minkmar discuss how public broadcasting reacts to these mechanisms, more precisely: whether it should make itself independent of some of the platforms.
Guest: Leonhard Dobusch, member of the ZDF television council for the Internet sector and professor of organizational science at the University of Innsbruck.
“quoted. the media podcast”, every 14 days on Thursdays. A cooperation between the CIVIS Media Foundation for Integration and Cultural Diversity in Europe and the Süddeutsche Zeitung, funded by the Mercator Foundation.