Alpha journalist
An alpha journalist , mostly also used as an alpha journalist , is understood to be opinion leaders and leading figures in the media industry who exert a great influence on the political fortunes of their country. The term is used in German-speaking countries.
Alpha journalists include TV presenters, editors-in-chief, editorial writers, columnists, editors and publishers, who have a significant impact on the public mood in Germany through their journalistic work. The title Die Alpha-Journalisten received such widespread media attention in 2007 that, according to the newspaper Das Parlament , the term established itself in German usage. Leif Kramp and Stephan Weichert also said in the study Journalism in the Berlin Republic by Netzwerk Recherche that the term “alpha journalism” had spread in the media through the portrait volume “Die Alpha-Journalisten”.
Origin of the term
The term alpha journalists was first used in book form at the beginning of 2007 by Stephan Weichert and Christian Zabel with their book " Die Alpha-Journalisten ". In 2009 " Die Alpha-Journalisten 2.0 " followed by the same authors. In the spring of 2007, Uwe Krüger wrote the article "Alpha-Journalisten embedded" in the Message magazine, describing the journalists who, e.g. For example, at the Bilderberg Conferences, we can enter into links with political and economic elites. Tissy Bruns took up the term again in her book "Republic of the busy people" in August 2007. In 2009, the Frankfurter Hefte dedicated a series of articles to the alpha journalists. Uwe Krüger took up the term again in 2013 and used it in his book Opinion Power The Influence of Elites on Leading Media and Alpha Journalists - A Critical Network Analysis .
Critical reception (selection)
The political scientist Thomas Meyer says in his book “Die Unbelangbaren”, by which he means the political “alpha journalists”, that they “see themselves as“ co-politicians ”who want to get involved in political business” and “at the same time play the roles of prosecutors, witnesses and judges ”.
Individual evidence
- ^ Bibliography Die Alpha-Journalisten. Abstract fachportal-paedagogik.de
- ^ Sabine Pamperrien Read the parliament
- ↑ LEIF KRAMP / STEPHAN WEICHERT: Journalism in the Berlin Republic - Who Shapes the Political Agenda in the Federal Capital? The Phenomenon “Alpha Journalism”: Kir Royal in Berlin? , Page 29, netzwerkrecherche.org
- ↑ Uwe Krüger: Alpha journalists embedded? lobbycontrol.de
- ^ Scandal and keyhole report deutschlandfunkkultur.de
- ↑ Alpha Journalists - The New Intellectuals? frankfurter-hefte.de
- ↑ Heribert Prantl: Journalism as a slaughter festival sueddeutsche.de