1. The
country has 51.8 million telephones and 108.7 million cellular phones. “Germany
has one of the most technologically advanced telecommunication systems in the
world, that has caught up with the western world.” Germany has a mix of
publicly and privately owned television and radio stations. Over 90% of
households have access to these types of media. The country contains 20.043
million internet hosts and 65.125 million internet users.
2.
Germany uses the social responsibility mass communication theory. Some of their
media is privately owned, and some of it is publicly owned. This means that
Germany isn’t libertarian, soviet or authoritative. Germany does not have full
control over the media, but doesn’t allow everything to be published. A portion
of the media is publicly owned, but there is private media. If you are
responsible with your media in Germany, your opinions will be heard.
3. I
found a German story regarding the new Facebook “graph search” feature. This
affects my life in Roseville because the effect of this story is felt
worldwide. Everyone’s privacy is at risk in another Facebook intrusion debate.
The story was very heavy on prostitutes, maybe a difference in culture
4. Both
“Die Welt” and “Bloomberg” were heavy on the aspect of privacy invasion. The German
newspaper covered the story in a way where they were advising their readers on
what this means and what they can do to stay more secure. The American news
outlet was more about the extent of the privacy intrusion, and how the story
relates to Facebook’s Company and the previous privacy issues from Facebook.
