USA – Der Riss | #6 Ken: Warum Journalismus Helden braucht

Ein einsamer Held oder eine Heldin im Kampf gegen das Böse – diesem
Erzählschema folgen unzählige Hollywood-Filme. Aber auch die
US-Politik. Gerade Donald Trump versteht es, sich als Held zu
inszenieren und die US-Gesellschaft und -Medienlandschaft in “Gut”
und “Böse” zu spalten. Ciani und Tong-Jin, selbst Journalistinnen,
sprechen in dieser Folge über die Wechselwirkung zwischen Politik
und Medien in der US-Geschichte. Wie ist die Medienlandschaft
historisch gewachsen? Warum gibt es immer mehr News Deserts? Und
was können wir von Hollywood-Filmen über die Geschichte lernen?
Expert*innen in dieser Folge: Alexandra Schenke
https://www.amerikanistik.uni-muenchen.de/personen/mitarbeiter/alex-schenke/index.html
Filmwissenschaftlerin am Amerika-Institut der LMU München Michael
Butter
https://uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/philosophische-fakultaet/fachbereiche/neuphilologie/englisches-seminar/sections/american-studies/team/prof-dr-michael-butter/
Professor für amerikanische Literatur und Kulturgeschichte an der
Universität Tübingen Für mehr Informationen rund um das Thema
empfehlen wir: Butter, Michael: “Nichts ist, wie es scheint”
Whittemore, Hank: “CNN - The Inside Story”
https://www.worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/History/CNN-The-Inside-Story-Whittremore-1990.pdf
Salon: “Perfecting the ‘art of polarization’: How these '90s
conservatives created today's radicalized right” Perfecting the
"art of polarization": How these '90s conservatives created today's
radicalized right | Salon.com Jacobin: “To Understand the Modern
GOP, Look at the Reactionary ’90s” To Understand the Modern GOP,
Look at the Reactionary ’90s Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace: “Polarization, Democracy, and Political Violence in the
United States: What the Research Says” Polarization, Democracy, and
Political Violence in the United States: What the Research Says -
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace CSS Lab: “Don’t be too
quick to blame social media for America’s polarization – cable news
has a bigger effect, study finds” Don’t be too quick to blame
social media for America’s polarization – cable news has a bigger
effect, study finds Hussman School of Journalism and Media: “The
Expanding News Desert” Explore Your State - Do You Live in a News
Desert?The Expanding News Desert Politico: “Trump thrives in areas
that lack traditional news outlets“ Trump thrives in areas that
lack traditional news outlets - POLITICO Free Speech Center: “The
Last American Newspaper – An institution in peril, through the eyes
of a small-town editor” The Last American Newspaper: An institution
in peril, through the eyes of a small-town editor | The Free Speech
Center The Colorado Sun: “The Newton experiment: How a rural Kansas
weekly newspaper refreshed an outdated business model” The Newton
experiment: How a rural Kansas weekly newspaper refreshed an
outdated business model Forbes: “These 15 Billionaires Own
America's News Media Companies” These 15 Billionaires Own America's
News Media Companies The New York Times: “From Science to Fiction;
Military and Entertainment Industries Swap Expertise“ From Science
to Fiction; Military and Entertainment Industries Swap Expertise -
The New York Times Academia: “The Military Entertainment Complex”
The Military Entertainment Complex | Tanner Mirrlees - Academia.edu
The Reagan Library Education Blog: “American Elections and
Campaigns – The 1950s: ‘Selling the Presidency like cereal…’”
American Elections and Campaigns – The 1950s: “Selling the
Presidency like cereal…”