Post-migrant voices at times of hyper-visibility 137 “In one episode about masculinity, we admittedly had very violent language. We have received a lot of response from women and gay people who were hurt. It’s on a tightrope. You can’t always be gentle; you have to discuss things honestly. But: We point a lot with the finger at others and say: They are so rac- ist ... It happens too seldom that you admit yourself that you have misogynistic tendencies, racist preju- dices or even self-hatred. We are not infallible, supe- rior, morally better persons” (Eisenschrink, 2021). All forms of response are welcome, even disagreement. They take criticism as a sign to show that they are in the same boat, and open for new insights. There is no barrier between the hosts and their listeners, they speak the same language. They admit that all people, regardless of descent, have to learn how to communicate in a culturally diverse society. 4. Method Departing from this example, I focus on connecting communication, especially corporate media’s response. Through content analysis, I first mark the topics and contribu- tions of the podcasts because they represent what, according to the producers, can be of interest to the public. Topics have a factual aspect, on the one hand, and a temporal one on the other. Here, Luhmann (1995/1984) distinguishes between topics and contributions. Contributions refer to topics, whereas topics live longer than the individual contributions do, and they combine the different contributions into a long-term or short-time nexus of meaning. Some topics provoke new contributions over and over again; however, others are exhausted quickly. In this article, I focus on the topic of racism in Germany (both within institutions and in everyday life) because it is a recurring issue of fea- turing social metacritique. In an outspoken way, issues of hostil- ity, discrimination, supremacist practices are discussed aimed at challenging pre-existing views on the treatment of people with different ethnic backgrounds. Contributions to this topic make up more than half of the episodes.
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