„My desire to be well-informed is currently at odds with my desire to remain sane.”

mass media influences us!

In the 50 years the influence of news media on society has grown constantly with the growing technology. First…

Social Media vs Reality

Let’s be honest, social media and the way one can present himself is awesome. You want to update your profile picture? Well I guess one or two filters never hurt nobody. 
If you follow a lot of famous persons, bloggers or just “inspiring” people on Instagram for example, most of the…

Popular culture and consuming…

Well, actually there are lots of topics to write about on this blog but in my first post I want to…

Is investigative journalism dead? No, but it’s changing.

I was recently thinking about the state of journalism and what constitutes good and bad journalism. One of the good things that came to mind was investigative journalism and its impact on society.

Self-staging on Instagram

In today’s society the Social Media become more and more important. Almost everybody by today has had some kind of contact with Social Media or has even created an account on at least one of the platforms. People use them to send out posts to not only keep their followers and…

“Engrish” in the Media — Grave Mistake or Clever Marketing?

The Era of Infotainment

When news meet entertainment.

I was waiting for my subway, the other day, on the Konstablerwache station in Frankfurt am Main. While I was listening to music, I realized that there is a screen right in front of me, showing different ads and…

The Potential of Memes as a Critical Medium — Are Memes the Modern Caricatures of Social Media?

Becoming a journalist: is it worth it?

Being a language student, my professional future is still very uncertain. Since I don’t have…