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For our dossier Discussing journalism - Second Thoughts the journalists Ben Knight and Ulrike Christl (froh-Magazin) led several debates during the 2016 n-ost media conference "On the Tightrope" in Moscow.

Second Thoughts is part of the "Stereoscope" network for media observation and was first published as print brochure by froh-Magazin and n-ost. Get your issue via order@n-ost.org for 6 € - free shipping!

Beiträge

"Nielegalni" is Polish and means "illegal". How difficult it is to come to a common understanding of the term "illegal immigrant" is reflected by the conversation between our two protagonists, Caterina Lobenstein and Piotr Skwiecinski. / Foto: Ekaterina Anokhina, n-ost

Second Thoughts: Discussing Journalism: Illegal Immigrants

Is it accurate to characterize a person escaping from war as "illegal"? Fleeing from war and political persecution, people often are forced stepping into a sphere of illegality, although European right ensures the protection of asylum seekers by law. Caterina Lobenstein and Piotr Skwiecinski discussed this delicate question last year at the n-ost media conference Moscow.

Alexei Khlebnikov and Andrei Soldatov discuss their definition of the key term "propaganda" / Foto: Ekaterina Anokhina, n-ost

State influence on the media: Discussing Propaganda

How do we define the term "propaganda"? Is it a state-sponsored tool aiming at the suppression of information - or a broader term that has lost its meaning? Is it legitimate to compare Russian with Western propaganda? Aleksei Khlebnikov and Andrei Soldatov discuss the key word in this first text of a series of articles from our new magazin "Second Thoughts"