You really had to go with it? How annoying puns in headlines are

Months ago I noticed something in German online news sites. I usually check SPON a few times a day to check what is going on in the world. Soon I came across some good headlines that used a pun and changed a few words…

About Evil Russian Hackers and the Sherlock Leak

I’m guessing this goes without asking, but does anybody know the BBC series Sherlock? If you don’t, have you been living under a rock? It’s an extremely popular show with fans all over the world — deservedly so, find the BAFTAs, the Emmys, and…

A 1,000-Man Mob Wrecks Havoc in Western Germany and Nobody Notices

Fake news, a topic that has been given a lot of attention from social media and newspapers lately, has also sparked discussions about the news’ credibility and peoples’ way of consuming news. It has been argued that…

The News Values of the Bild Front Page

The Bild is a highly controversial German newspaper. Being controversial potentially has an effect on the news values. That’s why I want to analyze the news values of its front page.

The Tweeting Trump Tragedy

Ten to fifteen years ago it was absolutely unbelievable to make a political statement as a politician via internet. How comes that nowadays we can read all about wars, laws, society, problems or economy posted as short postings on online social networks as Facebook or Twitter? Let…

How America controls our media

Don’t worry, America is not directly controlling our media…at least not as far as I know. However, America has constantly played an important factor in our news. The main reason for that was or still is, obviously, the US presidential election and with Trump being around…

How the Media Control People’s Opinion of Public Institutions

After New Year’s Eve, many people discussed whether it was the right decision of the police to control several people, who they assumed to be North African. This took place in order to prevent events like the sexual assault…

Withholding sensitive information or not (Part 2)

Time vs. quality — The Spiegel’s embarassing mistake

For the news media it is the same as for the whole financial industry: speed means money. The race for the latest and most spectacular news began a long time ago, already in the 17th century, and I would say every news organisation is a…

Trump — the president elect no one wanted to sing for

First of all, I think we all know that president-to-be Donald Trump does not have much famous friends. Most of the stars hate him, beginning with Beyonce and ending with Meryl Streep. 
So it’s actually not really surprising that it was…

It is all about Trump and Fake News

Since president-elect Donald Trump’s first press conference in six months the news is saturated with articles concerning the topic of fake news. From day to day the term fake news is gaining in importance and therefore, pushing the actual news into the background…