THE IBIZA VIDEO AS AN EXAMPLE OF TODAY'S MEDIA FUNCTIONS BETWEEN INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM AND POLITICAL INFLUENCE

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Year-Number: 2019-16
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Number of pages: 434-444
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In May 2019, a political scandal shook the Austrian Republic, leading to the withdrawal of high-ranking politicians and the dissolution of the government. Specifically, it was about secret video recordings, corruption and illegal party financing. But also about the acquisition and instrumentalisation of media and the influence on the published opinion. But the mass media also ensured that the affair was spread worldwide. Both the secretly recorded video and the national and international reactions to it were published. Communication scientists are therefore particularly interested in the role of the media in this matter. The scandal was conducted through and about the media, media were also the subject of secret negotiations as well as the most important actor in the distribution of the affair. This was followed by a political exchange of blows, not least via social media. Not only the party representatives, but also civil society supporters and opponents of the resigned government took the floor. It can therefore be said that the scandal is primarily about a media debate that took place in one form or another. Using the example of the so-called Ibiza affair, this work therefore raises the question of the function of mass media today and whether conventional attributions are still valid in the digital age.

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