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Everyone needs information to stay informed about world events. Media such as television, radio and newspapers are providing the population with a barrage of information. Most nations and countries allow its population to know what kind of relevant news is making headlines. They report on politics, economics, sport, culture and social life. Not only does it help people to be informed and to know in which direction the nation is heading, but it also connects the population to a wide range of world proceedings. It reflects how people feel as a nation and what they know that other people are doing, how the nation´s football team did in the last game, or how good or bad the nation´s politics are for the wellbeing of this same nation. Media have an essential role in every part of our lives. They show us how healthy or helpless our nation is. They give us things to laugh and to cry at. They can shock us or surprise us, but in the end we feel that media represents a part of our nation and population that gives us things to be proud of and to feel that we belong to this particular set of circumstances.

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Fabian Forer, Master of Arts: Science of communication and Publishing at Alpen Adria University Klagenfurt. Transaction Editor at RM-Handelsmedien, Cologne.

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