Conversations with Germany: Media

Tuesday, February 23: Introducing the German Media Landscape - - Media in the 21st Century

Time: 1 p.m. (EST - New York), 12 p.m. (CST - Chicago), 10 a.m. (PST - Portland, Walla Walla, Tacoma) & (7 p.m. in Germany)

Join Zoom Meeting: https://northwestern.zoom.us/j/98273310220

Veit Olischläger: As the head of Technology, Media Management and Public Relations at the Bavarian State Center for New Media (Bayerische Landeszentrale für neue Medien, BLM), Veit has been involved with the convergence of traditional and new forms of media, and has advised both private and public media providers in these years of rapid media development.

https://kress.de/koepfe/kresskoepfe-detail/profil/20988-veit-olischlaeger.html

Topic: Introducing the German Media Landscape - - Media in the 21st Century

• The importance of the internet in television programming
• The role of social networks (Twitter, Facebook and Instagram) in the development of right-wing populist groups
• Survival of the fittest: Traditional broadcast media and the growth of new media in Germany

Conversations in Germany: Join us during Spring Semester as we continue our conversations with German students and professors who will share their perspectives on life, culture and politics in contemporary Germany. Our speakers will provide 20 minutes of introductory remarks and then open the floor for discussion.

• Tuesday, February 23: Introducing the German Media Landscape - - Media in the 21st Century
• Tuesday, April 6: Finding a Musical Voice - - Music and Performance during the Pandemic

Organized by the Lewis and Clark Year of Study in Munich, German Studies at Lewis & Clark, German Studies at Whitman College, German Studies at the University of Puget Sound & the Department of German at Northwestern.