Misleading headlines

We are wired to take in information as quickly as we can. This happens in everyday life as well as when we skim the media for something we deem worth spending our time reading.
That we go fast-food like through the headlines is true- according to a study, almost 70% of people only read the headlines of a…

What kind of a person is a journalist?

Last session we had a look at the life of journalists and especially the obstacles and difficulties they have to face every day. The question that interested me the most regarding this topic was the following: What kind of person do you need be to in order to be…

Crossing the line… sensationalism in journalism…

In one of the last sessions we have covered the questions of whether there is a line that is often crossed by journalist, especially when it comes to Newsflash or such. However, we had to put of the question quite fast, but it became quite…

#ProudToBe …

The general media’s reactions on the Orlando shooting are speaking the same language: It was a brutal, violent attack on humans, on Western values, on the gay community, on a free way of life.

The shooting, that took place ten days ago and killed 49 people, rekindled a lot of…

The Power of different Media in the Case of a Missing Cat

When a family member became seriously ill about two weeks ago, we had to put his cat “Katie” into a cattery in Guntersblum (near Oppenheim). Two days after her hand over, however, she was able to escape…

Science Kills!

In the last semesterbreak I was proofreading the Bachelor thesis of a friend. He conducted a study about the influences of excessive breath holding on subsequent cognitive activities. A huge part of it concerned ego depletion, a psychological phenomenon based on the idea that willpower is a limited…

No means No!

When a woman says NO to a man it means NO! A man has to accept it. Otherwise he makes himself guilty of sexual abuse or rape. There is no other way to say it.

But when in June 2012 the German model Gina-Lisa Lohfink brought two men to court accusing them of having used knockout…

Everybody’s Sweethearts

Or how the Irish show us how chanting is done.

So, as everyone knows, football isn’t just football. It’s watching the game with your gals and mates, drinking some beer (for most of us), and having a good night out. It’s also about cheering on your team…

Wanna go watch Quidditch? — bring your broomstick and catch the snitch

How a University Course changed my Life

Ten weeks into this semester and I am more aware of what is going in the world than ever!

When I first started my media centred seminar “Inside the News Media” I wouldn’t know anything about recent news stories, simply because I wasn’t…

Social Networks Are Stealing Your Life

Whereas I wrote about Facebook’s good parts last time, this entry shall show how social networks influence our life, especially the teenagers’ life.

We all grew up with technology to a certain extent, but we also had a childhood…