Alle Polit-Umfragen in Deutschland haben seit der Corona-Krise eines gemein. Die erfolgsverwöhnten Grünen mussten sich plötzlich von Zustimmungswerten über 20 Prozent verabschieden und Unions-Politiker rieben sich die Augen, weil die 40 Prozent-Marke wieder in greifbarer Nähe scheint. Um diese drastische Verschiebung zu erklären, kann man auf eine alte Medien-Weisheit zurückgreifen: In der Krise gilt das Scheinwerferlicht eben den Amtsinhabern - auf Kosten der Opposition.weiterlesen ...

While the disease creates new challenges, it also highlights long-standing ones in terms of policy, communication, and societal awareness of key issues and how the media reports on these issues.

As the crisis continues we have heard little about those dealing with anxiety disorders and what the impact of the ongoing crisis on them will be. The prevalence of anxiety disorders across the world varies from 2.5 to 7 percent by country. Globally an estimated 284 million people experience...

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While the disease creates new challenges, it also highlights long-standing ones in terms of policy, communication, and societal awareness of key issues and how the media reports on these issues.

In media coverage, senior citizens have historically been near invisible. While challenges around assisted living, pension systems, and securing a life with dignity have been burning issues for decades, they have rarely made it into primetime news. In order to ensure that society can have a ...

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While the disease creates new challenges, it also highlights long-standing ones in terms of policy, communication, and societal awareness of key issues and how the media reports on these issues.

Aside from the key question of whether there are hospitals available to help people survive if they get sick, the other pressing challenge for many is whether they can pay their bills and continue to be employed. In these Covid-19 times of uncertainty, solid information is critical as false ...

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While the disease creates new challenges, it also highlights long-standing ones in terms of policy, communication, and societal awareness of key issues. And, while COVID-19 dominates our worries, the fact also remains the world keeps turning.

Previous challenges – such as bird flu, swine flu, and Ebola on one hand and 9/11, the 2008 Lehman collapse, and the financial crisis in the EU on the other – showed that most of the numbers presented didn’t entirely reflec...

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