The world of media is changing rapidly. Economic pressure, digital change, populist campaigns, the exercise of political power and a digitally supported disintegration into communicative parallel worlds – all these are factors that feed the current structural change of media audiences. Democratic societies are fundamentally affected by this change.

Because an open society needs public space. It is the place of encounter and exchange, participation and democratic self-determination. An important prerequisite for this is an independent, polyphonic and quality-assured media landscape and a discursive digital space.

At the “Public for Europe” conference, we talk about the pressure which the public media are under today. And about how they can be secured and strengthened for a democratic public in the future. We are organising an exchange and a European meeting on these issues, and not just between experts. The issue concerns us all.

Program

FRIDAY, November 30, 2018
Landtag Brandenburg
Alter Markt 1
14467 Potsdam

19:00 pm
Media for democracy!
What threatens media public spaces, what strengthens them?
moderation: Harald Asel, rbb 24, Inforadio Forum

SATURDAY, Dezember 01, 2018
Schinkelhalle
Schiffbauergasse 4A
14467 Potsdam

09:45 am – 17:15 pm
Public for Europe! Media change, freedom of the press and media policy

With:
Christian Mihr, Reporters without borders
Radio Słubfurt
Barbara Thomaß, Media and communication scientist, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Tabea Rößner MdB, Bundestag faction Bündnis 90/ The Greens
Christoph Singelnstein, rbb Editor-in-Chief / Deputy Programme Director
Dorota Głowacka, Panoptykon Foundation, Warszawa
Florian Eder, Editor-in-Chief politico Europa
Agata Szczęśniak, Oko.press Polen
Harald Schumann, investigate-europe.eu, Tagesspiegel
Roger de Weck, Publicist and General Manager SRG SSR (Schweiz) a.D.
Markus Nievelstein, ARTE Germany
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