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NEW MEDIA, NEW RISKS. Prof.Dr.Jo Groebel Director The German Digital Institute Berlin 2007. OVERVIEW. I. „NEW“ MEDIA II. MOTIVES III. RISKS OLD AND NEW IV. TERRORISM V. CONSEQUENCES. A LITTLE PHILOSOPHY…. You see, you notice. You hear, you grab.
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NEW MEDIA, NEW RISKS Prof.Dr.Jo Groebel Director The German Digital Institute Berlin 2007
OVERVIEW • I. „NEW“ MEDIA • II. MOTIVES • III. RISKS OLD AND NEW • IV. TERRORISM • V. CONSEQUENCES jogroebel 2007
A LITTLE PHILOSOPHY… • You see, you notice. • You hear, you grab. • You experience, you understand. China, ca.2000 BC. • Der Mensch lernt ein Leben lang. Mit Ausnahme der Schuljahre. Gabriel Laub, ca.1977. • De Zukunft is auch nich mehr, wat se ma war. Jürgen von Manger, ca.1982. jogroebel 2007
I. WHAT‘S NEW ABOUT „NEW“ MEDIA: 5 x I • INTEGRATED (2007 Convergence real) • IMMEDIATE (Expecting direct reactions) • INTERNATIONAL (global?, soso!) • INDEPENDENT TIME & SPACE (most) • IN MOTION (next super-trend) jogroebel 2007
DEVELOPMENT CYCLES • 1967 – 1977 – 1987 – 1997 – 2007: CAMOUFLAGE, COMPETENCE, COMMUNITY, COMMERCE, COMMUNITY 2 • HYPE & FEAR • INNOVATION: SHORT: OVER- , LONG: UNDERESTIMATION • FROM UNIMEDIA TO POLYMEDIA jogroebel 2007
II. MEDIA MOTIVES • AROUSAL • EMOTION AND MOOD MANAGEMENT • INFORMATION & REACTION • BELONGING, COMPETITION AND EXPRESSION • VALUE AND LIFE-ORIENTATION • OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING jogroebel 2007
The individual: ATTENTION jogroebel 2007
III. RISKS OLD AND NEW jogroebel 2007
NEW MEDIA AS INSTRUMENTS, OBJECTS, INFRASTRUCTURE • INSTRUMENTS: INTERNET, MOBILE MEDIA FOR CRIM. INFORMATION, EMOTION, COMMUNIC. • OBJECTS: ECONOMIC DAMAGE (ESTONIA?!), SABOTAGE, DATA PROTECTION & MIS-USE • INFRASTRUCTURE: CYBER-TERRORISM, CRIMINAL INTERACTION, FRAUD jogroebel 2007
The individual:Media effects jogroebel 2007
DIGITAL USE 1 • WORLD INTERNET STUDY, 2003 • E-MAIL TOP USE • DOWNLOADINGS MUSIC • INCREASINGLY MOVIES • CHAT • GAMES • E-COMMERCE • INFORMATION & RESEARCH jogroebel 2007
DIGITAL USE 2 • SOME MYTHS REVISITED: • MORE INTERNET COMMUNICATION & GAMES = MORE PERSONAL CONTACT • THE INTERNET: PRIMARILY NATIONAL LANGUAGE USE (90% plus) • GENDER DIFFERENCES CONTINUED jogroebel 2007
CULTURAL DIFFERENCES • UNESCO GLOBAL STUDY 1999: • 5500 12 Y.OLDS • 23 COUNTRIES • DOMINATING: RELIGIOUS&SOC.VALUES • FAMILY STRUCTURES • LEVEL ORIENTATION & FRUSTRATION • MEDIA SPECTRUM • SOCIAL CONTROL jogroebel 2007
SOME FINDINGS • AGGRESSION=GLOBAL LANGUAGE • BIG GENDER DIFFERENCE ACROSS C. • MORE MEDIA=LESS REAL WORLD V. • MAJORITY CHILDREN BIG PROBLEMS • LITTLE CARE THROUGH PARENTS (70%) • KIDS MEDIA BEHAVIOUR MIRROR OF PAR.‘s • EXPLOSIVE: COMBINATION REAL VIOLENCE, LOW SOCIAL CONTROL, HIGH MEDIA VIOLENCE jogroebel 2007
AGGRESSIVE CONTENT, SOCIAL CONTROL & REAL VIOLENCE jogroebel 2007
CROSS-CULTURAL RISK EVALUATION JEFF COLE, JO GROEBEL ET AL.,WORLD INTERNET PROJECT,2002 jogroebel 2007
IV.TERRORISM • MODERN TE = „MEDIA“ TE: • TE NEEDS MEDIA • MEDIA STRESS TE (DILEMMA SECURITY–PRESS FREEDOM) • AROUSAL & THRILL • DEMONSTRATION OF POWER • ESCALATION • THE INTERNET AS TERROR MEANS, OBJECT, AND INFRASTRUCTURE jogroebel 2007
V. CONSEQUENCES: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION&SECURITY • FROM: • TOTAL FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION (incl. rumours; psych.harm; security risks) • VIA: • BALANCE (SELF-RESPONSIBILITY & EMINENT CODE COMMISSIONS) • TO: • TOTAL CONTROL (“safe society”; totalit.) jogroebel 2007
DIGI-TREND CONSEQUENCES jogroebel 2007
JO GROEBEL • REFERENCES: • JO GROEBEL. TERRORISM AND THE MEDIA. KEYNOTE. PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY, COUNCIL OF EUROPE. FRENCH SENATE, 2005. • JO GROEBEL ET AL. TWILIGHT ZONES IN CYBERSPACE. CRIMES, RISK. FRIEDRICH EBERT FOUNDATION, BERLIN, 2001. • JO GROEBEL, ELI NOAM, VALERIE FELDMANN (EDS.). MOBILE MEDIA. LAWRENCE ERLBAUM PUBL., MAHWAH: NEW JERSEY, 2006. • ELI NOAM, JO GROEBEL, DARCY GERBAG (EDS.). TELEVISION OVER THE INTERNET. LAWRENCE ERLBAUM PUBLISHERS, MAHWAH: NEW JERSEY, 2004. • ROBERT HINDE & JO GROEBEL (EDS.). CO-OPERATION AND PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOUR. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1992. • JO GROEBEL & ROBERT HINDE (EDS.). AGGRESSION AND WAR. THEIR BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL BASES. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1991. • PROF.DR.JO GROEBEL, DIRECTOR • DEUTSCHES-DIGITAL-INSTITUT.DE • JOGROEBEL@ARCOR.DE • +4930300130890 jogroebel 2007