Volume 56 (2023), Edition 3

This article deals with the contemporary serialized television thriller, which accounts for half of all television consumption and is thus, as a popular cultural phenomenon, an i formative subject for analytical media studies. In addition to...

This article examines true crime from a media ethical perspective. The focus thereby is on the special nature of the topic of death and dying for society as well as on different media and formats and individual motives for their use. Consideration...

German television news, TV tabloid magazines and national newspapers present a distort- ed picture of violent crime. Under pressure from right-wing populists and so-called con- cerned citizens, editorial staffs increasingly mention the nationality...

Media coverage of violence against women can play an important role in raising awareness of this social problem and in finding solutions. Against this background, this article ad- dresses guidelines and recommendations and develops them step by...

Nothing is known in the judicial procedural codes concerning the cooperation and ex- change relationships between the media and the judiciary. Thus, these are part of the in- formal process of decision-making. It is difficult to assess the ancillary...

Only a small part of society ever comes into direct contact with (undergone) crime. The majority of information and emotions regarding this part of human coexistence is conveyed by the media. For some years now, the genre of true crime in particular...

The fine details of a speech can make or break millions of lives if the speech calls for war or seeks to avoid it. On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a „special military operation“ - de facto war - against Ukraine....

Since the German withdrawal from Afghanistan and the onset of the war in Ukraine, the German military, the Bundeswehr, has been in the spotlight as it has not been for years: Many editorial departments are also reporting on this subject more...

In 2002, the Boston Globe made it public that Catholic priests had abused hundreds of children and that Boston diocese leaders had simply transferred the clergy to other locations. In Germany, abuse did not become a major public issue until eight...

Nothing seems as certain as death. However, what if life continues digitally after death? Companies and initiatives such as Amazon, Storyfile, Here After AI, Forever Identity and LifeNaut are dedicated to precisely this objective: using avatars,...