The impact of hate speech contained in the statements of the Alternative for Germany party representatives on changes taking place in the media management system in Germany Cover Image

Wpływ mowy nienawiści zawartej w wypowiedziach przedstawicieli partii Alternatywa dla Niemiec na zmiany zachodzące w systemie zarządzania mediami w RFN
The impact of hate speech contained in the statements of the Alternative for Germany party representatives on changes taking place in the media management system in Germany

Author(s): Katarzyna Kamińska-Korolczuk
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Media studies, Communication studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: media management in Germany; media law in Germany; party communication in social media; AfD; hate speech

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article is to present the introduced legal solutions regulating the functioning and management of the media system in Germany, which came into force under the influence of changes in political communication. A case study is presented examples of hate speech in the discourse of the party of the new right-wing populism –Alternative for Germany (Alternative fur Deutschland, AfD). The party uses rhetoric which until now has been marginal in the German media and since the refugee crisis it has become an increasingly common form of expression. The analysis was conducted against the backdrop of events that influenced the Bundestags to adopted Law improving law enforcement in social networks (Gesetz zur Verbesserung der Rechtsdurchsetzung in sozialen Netzwerken, Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz, NetzDG). The analysis leads to the conclusions that the new right-wing populism changed the style of communication on the German political scene, which is not without influence on the decisions making by the legislator to introduce specific legal provisions regulating the management and framework of discourse in the social media in this state.

  • Issue Year: 9/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 17-36
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish