Problems of Information and Communication in Journalism
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch, Sen Res Fellow FPAC Lahore, Think Tank IPC Wyoming ***
Communication (exchange and transfer of information) and information (dissemination of knowledge, also their interpretation) are essential for coexistence of people!
The matter is so complex that it is a miracle that genuine communication is possible at all!
Consider the communication in one language, then we know from our experience what potential of misunderstandings lurks there - and then the acoustic dimension: The sound makes the music!
If we then still remember that terms and meanings in one language are often not present or can have completely different meanings in another language, then communication is a miracle at all.
Thinking and language expression are conditioned through education and upbringing, - no one is liberated from it.
It also means clarifying individually our various prejudices.
A professional scribbler, say reporter, constantly dances on the tightrope, which as we know from the experience of life, is a process that can mean enduring disability, exclusion from everyday activities, and so on.
If one enjoys extreme liberty of decision making or authority, still; - nothing comes from nothing, the scribbler tries to report neutrally, but is not really independent from results of his work in the information market, as supplier of information and producer of information.
The scribbler has to think of his livelihood while reporting neutrally and still taking position on subjects - a magic piece.
Tolerance has to be trained, it is more than a challenge even for every single person. In Central Europe, Carl von Ossietzky (publisher of the Weltbuehne, Nobel Prize 1935) and Tucholsky (co-publisher of the Weltbuehne) experienced the "special" significance of writing in the thirties of the last century.
At that time, the distribution media were in comparison to the present times of rudimentary nature and the general public was involved only as a reader or listener.
In the technologically upgraded and digitized society of today, each one is a sender and at the same time receiver of information.
The processing possibilities here hide danger of falsification of facts with a wide distribution in real time. This can for some be pleasing in political and social processes but actually hides unimaginable potential for disruption for most.
Some aspects have been outlined and show the difficulties of being active in this area, to act diligently between responsibility and dependence, to function in information circles and communication forces and try not to perish, - an almost inhuman task that at the same time makes it clear how important are training challenges before an Institute of journalism.
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Informal Think Tank
Sunday, January 6, 2019
By Norbert Pintsch, IPC, FPAC
The idea of cooperating with others, i.e. to exchange ideas with others and to stimulate each other, this thought is not exactly new!
In the United States of America (USA), company representatives came together and established privately funded socalled Think Tanks!
In the 20th century, this idea was implemented under president Franklin Roosevelt and a new form of advice emerged.
In politics, technological and economic interests are transferred into governance process in a lobby-like manner.
Such examples are presently implemented in many countries for selfish interests and they influence politics, usually with a certain lobby in the background.
The DGFK is an altruistic example of an informal Think Tank in which SUTOL, SEMOL, SPARC, SPATH, SPAET, SPOCA, but also FPAC and FBTC exist; however they operate in a subtle and discreet manner!
An interesting project is the so called Closed System, which outlines possibilities and tendencies, also of an uncomfortable kind, which is characterized by financial independence and the personal refrain from self-projection by the co-thinkers.
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Academia Collaboration
Thursday, November 28, 2013
We always believe in reaching out and collaboration with academia and organization working in the fields of arts, science and technologies. And that how new ideas are generated and tested. Following two posters display some of our activities to achieve our objectives:
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Green Mag July - September 2012
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
This quarterly publication is open to all, who are interested in general changes in society, be it in the area of construction (alternative construction, climate friendly construction) or education or economy.
Project ideas can be introduced and existing projects, examples of appropriate technology etc. described.
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Interested persons send their articles to the BLOG, from which interesting articles are then selected for the Green Mag editions.
They appear as pdf as well as printed versions.
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