Rationaler Diskurs und Rausch der Gefühle

Anmerkungen zu medialem Qualitätsmanagement

Abstract

Emotions are inseparably linked to utterances in public communication. The article draws a line from the early newspapers to nowadays user generated content in journalistic digital media. Economy of attention uses emotion-laden presentation frequently as a means of raising coverage. A spotlight is set on user panels from the perspective of network research under the auspices of socio-dynamics, diffusion and clustering. Since democratic function of media is endangered by the decline of rationality in public debate due to mushrooming emotionalism quality, actions are recommended.