The Impact of Media Concentration on Professional ... - OSCE
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Understandably all German journalists (100%) c<strong>on</strong>tacted forthis survey expressed their preference to work under similarc<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s as <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fered by Orkla oriented principles.<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> interest <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> German journalists to see Orkla-style principlesintroduced shows that beneath the surface not everythingis going as smoothly as the previous answers might suggest.In stark c<strong>on</strong>trast to the, so far, very positive picture <strong>on</strong>ly asmall majority <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> journalists feel free to voice and write their pers<strong>on</strong>alopini<strong>on</strong> when it differs from their paper’s <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ficial line. (Fig. 14)Do you feel free to voice and write your pers<strong>on</strong>al opini<strong>on</strong>, evenif it differs from the <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ficial line <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the paper? Fig. 14Yes 57No 430 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100Even though no open pressure is applied to prevent journalistsfrom researching or writing <strong>on</strong> certain events or subjects, participants<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> this survey, as well as trade uni<strong>on</strong>ists, report more sophisticatedand subtle methods to keep the editorial staff in-line:“<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>y (the management) make us understand that weshould be happy to keep our jobs because there are enoughpeople out there ready to replace us”.Creating fear and insecurity is a very efficient instrumentnot <strong>on</strong>ly to streamline the editorial c<strong>on</strong>tent according tounspoken priorities. It quells even the slightest sign <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> dissentand makes for an extremely unhealthy kind <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> competiti<strong>on</strong>am<strong>on</strong>g journalists.Even though the majority <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> journalists c<strong>on</strong>tacted for this surveywould describe the general climate at their daily paper asstill being relaxed to moderately competitive, the pressure is<strong>on</strong> the rise. (Fig. 15)76 Trends in der Nutzung und Bewertung der Medien 1970 – 1990;<str<strong>on</strong>g>Media</str<strong>on</strong>g> Perspektiven 11/2001COUNTRY REPORTS – GERMANY 109