Interesting articles March 27, 2015
27.03.2015
Udo Stiehl takes the reporting on the crash of the Germanwings Airbus A320 as an opportunity to discuss the term “news”:
News means reporting what is known with certainty. The rest does not fall into the news genre.
Very worth reading media criticism!
https://udostiehl.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/die-bezeichnung-nachrichten-hat-ihren-wert-verloren/
Crash of journalism
He also criticizes the crash of 4U9525 ImageBlogthe non-information in the news tickers:
As a BILDblogger you look into the abyss of journalism every day, but there are days when you can hardly see any journalism because of the abyss. Yesterday was such a day.
http://www.bildblog.de/63665/absturz-des-journalismus/
Source: Internet
In the Media WeekRonnie Grob addresses journalists who spread photos of the partial solar eclipse in their articles or social media profiles that they did not take themselves:
There is no question that social media users make mistakes, are careless and careless. But shouldn't journalists, especially those funded by public law, be role models when it comes to the correct handling of the truth and copyright?
http://medienwoche.ch/2015/03/24/quelle-internet-2/
With love from Moscow: Will Russia become North Korea's number 1 contact?
Tobi analyzes what is generally worth reading North Korea Info Blog on relations between North Korea and Russia:
In my opinion, the path that Pyongyang takes in its relations with Moscow will be crucial to developments on the Korean Peninsula in the coming years.
The online retailer received millions in subsidies
The WirtschaftsWocheabout the government subsidies Zalandohas cashed.
Smartphone means freedom: How technologies in Burma are changing the entire country
The Magazine t3nwith a very interesting report about digitalization in Burma, which skips desktop PCs and - unlike in Africa with classic cell phones - starts directly on smartphones:
Just a few years ago, a SIM card from the state provider cost well over $1,000, and for rich Burmese, SIM cards were even considered an investment. Today you have to pay the equivalent of around 1 dollar and 50 cents.