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This overview by Prof. Dr. Jo Groebel, Director of the German Digital Institute, explores the intricacies of new media, emphasizing its risks and benefits. It delves into the evolution of media from 2007 onwards, examining how integrated and immediate communication shapes societal dynamics. The work highlights motivations for media use, cultural impacts, and the troubling intersection of terrorism and media. Groebel presents a thought-provoking analysis of freedom of expression versus security challenges, advocating for a balance in the digital landscape.
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NEW MEDIA, NEW RISKS Prof.Dr.Jo Groebel Director The German Digital Institute Berlin 2007
OVERVIEW • I. „NEW“ MEDIA • II. MOTIVES • III. RISKS OLD AND NEW • IV. TERRORISM • V. CONSEQUENCES jogroebel 2007
A LITTLE PHILOSOPHY… • You see, you notice. • You hear, you grab. • You experience, you understand. China, ca.2000 BC. • Der Mensch lernt ein Leben lang. Mit Ausnahme der Schuljahre. Gabriel Laub, ca.1977. • De Zukunft is auch nich mehr, wat se ma war. Jürgen von Manger, ca.1982. jogroebel 2007
I. WHAT‘S NEW ABOUT „NEW“ MEDIA: 5 x I • INTEGRATED (2007 Convergence real) • IMMEDIATE (Expecting direct reactions) • INTERNATIONAL (global?, soso!) • INDEPENDENT TIME & SPACE (most) • IN MOTION (next super-trend) jogroebel 2007
DEVELOPMENT CYCLES • 1967 – 1977 – 1987 – 1997 – 2007: CAMOUFLAGE, COMPETENCE, COMMUNITY, COMMERCE, COMMUNITY 2 • HYPE & FEAR • INNOVATION: SHORT: OVER- , LONG: UNDERESTIMATION • FROM UNIMEDIA TO POLYMEDIA jogroebel 2007
II. MEDIA MOTIVES • AROUSAL • EMOTION AND MOOD MANAGEMENT • INFORMATION & REACTION • BELONGING, COMPETITION AND EXPRESSION • VALUE AND LIFE-ORIENTATION • OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING jogroebel 2007
The individual: ATTENTION jogroebel 2007
III. RISKS OLD AND NEW jogroebel 2007
NEW MEDIA AS INSTRUMENTS, OBJECTS, INFRASTRUCTURE • INSTRUMENTS: INTERNET, MOBILE MEDIA FOR CRIM. INFORMATION, EMOTION, COMMUNIC. • OBJECTS: ECONOMIC DAMAGE (ESTONIA?!), SABOTAGE, DATA PROTECTION & MIS-USE • INFRASTRUCTURE: CYBER-TERRORISM, CRIMINAL INTERACTION, FRAUD jogroebel 2007
The individual:Media effects jogroebel 2007
DIGITAL USE 1 • WORLD INTERNET STUDY, 2003 • E-MAIL TOP USE • DOWNLOADINGS MUSIC • INCREASINGLY MOVIES • CHAT • GAMES • E-COMMERCE • INFORMATION & RESEARCH jogroebel 2007
DIGITAL USE 2 • SOME MYTHS REVISITED: • MORE INTERNET COMMUNICATION & GAMES = MORE PERSONAL CONTACT • THE INTERNET: PRIMARILY NATIONAL LANGUAGE USE (90% plus) • GENDER DIFFERENCES CONTINUED jogroebel 2007
CULTURAL DIFFERENCES • UNESCO GLOBAL STUDY 1999: • 5500 12 Y.OLDS • 23 COUNTRIES • DOMINATING: RELIGIOUS&SOC.VALUES • FAMILY STRUCTURES • LEVEL ORIENTATION & FRUSTRATION • MEDIA SPECTRUM • SOCIAL CONTROL jogroebel 2007
SOME FINDINGS • AGGRESSION=GLOBAL LANGUAGE • BIG GENDER DIFFERENCE ACROSS C. • MORE MEDIA=LESS REAL WORLD V. • MAJORITY CHILDREN BIG PROBLEMS • LITTLE CARE THROUGH PARENTS (70%) • KIDS MEDIA BEHAVIOUR MIRROR OF PAR.‘s • EXPLOSIVE: COMBINATION REAL VIOLENCE, LOW SOCIAL CONTROL, HIGH MEDIA VIOLENCE jogroebel 2007
AGGRESSIVE CONTENT, SOCIAL CONTROL & REAL VIOLENCE jogroebel 2007
CROSS-CULTURAL RISK EVALUATION JEFF COLE, JO GROEBEL ET AL.,WORLD INTERNET PROJECT,2002 jogroebel 2007
IV.TERRORISM • MODERN TE = „MEDIA“ TE: • TE NEEDS MEDIA • MEDIA STRESS TE (DILEMMA SECURITY–PRESS FREEDOM) • AROUSAL & THRILL • DEMONSTRATION OF POWER • ESCALATION • THE INTERNET AS TERROR MEANS, OBJECT, AND INFRASTRUCTURE jogroebel 2007
V. CONSEQUENCES: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION&SECURITY • FROM: • TOTAL FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION (incl. rumours; psych.harm; security risks) • VIA: • BALANCE (SELF-RESPONSIBILITY & EMINENT CODE COMMISSIONS) • TO: • TOTAL CONTROL (“safe society”; totalit.) jogroebel 2007
DIGI-TREND CONSEQUENCES jogroebel 2007
JO GROEBEL • REFERENCES: • JO GROEBEL. TERRORISM AND THE MEDIA. KEYNOTE. PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY, COUNCIL OF EUROPE. FRENCH SENATE, 2005. • JO GROEBEL ET AL. TWILIGHT ZONES IN CYBERSPACE. CRIMES, RISK. FRIEDRICH EBERT FOUNDATION, BERLIN, 2001. • JO GROEBEL, ELI NOAM, VALERIE FELDMANN (EDS.). MOBILE MEDIA. LAWRENCE ERLBAUM PUBL., MAHWAH: NEW JERSEY, 2006. • ELI NOAM, JO GROEBEL, DARCY GERBAG (EDS.). TELEVISION OVER THE INTERNET. LAWRENCE ERLBAUM PUBLISHERS, MAHWAH: NEW JERSEY, 2004. • ROBERT HINDE & JO GROEBEL (EDS.). CO-OPERATION AND PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOUR. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1992. • JO GROEBEL & ROBERT HINDE (EDS.). AGGRESSION AND WAR. THEIR BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL BASES. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1991. • PROF.DR.JO GROEBEL, DIRECTOR • DEUTSCHES-DIGITAL-INSTITUT.DE • JOGROEBEL@ARCOR.DE • +4930300130890 jogroebel 2007