Few developments are so important for media studies like the change of media, caused by the digitalisation for about 20 years. At the day of media science on the 5th of November 2016, two topics covered this aspect: Oliver Auster explained how his employer, the German tabloid "Bild", reacted to the challenge, and Corinna Trierweiler, Fabienne Aßmann, and Steffen Büffel spoke about the job chances of alumni of media studies.
"The crisis of journalism" – this was the topic of this year's day of media studies. Why do people risk becoming journalists despite the crisis? And what do the findings from the crises in the Ukraine, Syria and Iraq mean for professional media?
Beim Tag der Medienwissenschaft feierte die Trierer Medienwissenschaft mit spannenden Themen ihren 15. Geburtstag. Stefan Raues Vortrag über Trimedialität beim MDR punktete mit Praxisnähe, blieb beim Internet aber blass. Zentrale Frage der Podiumsdiskussion: Können Journalisten die digitale Zukunft überhaupt mitgestalten?
A couple of days ago, I stumbled upon an interesting post by Jonathan Stray about journalism as an editorial search engine. It describes journalism as a system for learning about the world.