Ideologien prägen die Kunst ihrer Zeit. Im Sozialistischen Realismus etwa sollte die Kunst „proletarisch“ sein. Sie sollte den sowjetischen Arbeiter als einen glücklichen und fröhlichen Menschen zeigen. Nicht erwünscht war hingegen eine Kunst, die als „bürgerlich“ galt. Knapp 100 Jahre später lassen sich in der westlichen Kunst- und Kulturbranche ähnliche Verhältnisse feststellen, nur dass die herrschende Ideologie eine andere ist.
Ideologien prägen die Kunst ihrer Zeit. Im Sozialistischen Realismus etwa sollte die Kunst „proletarisch“ sein. Sie sollte den sowjetischen Arbeiter als einen glücklichen und fröhlichen Menschen zeigen. Nicht erwünscht war hingegen eine Kunst, die als „bürgerlich“ galt. Knapp 100 Jahre später lassen sich in der westlichen Kunst- und Kulturbranche ähnliche Verhältnisse feststellen, nur dass die herrschende Ideologie eine andere ist.
What distinguishes the app from competitors is its use of what's known as channels: Public or private feeds of photos and videos that can be set up by one person or an organization. The channels have become popular with on-the-ground journalists, aid workers and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who broadcasts on a Telegram channel. The channels can be followed by an unlimited number of people. Unlike Facebook, Twitter and other popular social networks, there is no advertising on Telegram and the flow of information is not driven by an algorithm. Telegram was co-founded by Pavel and Nikolai Durov, the brothers who had previously created VKontakte. VK is Russia’s equivalent of Facebook, a social network used for public and private messaging, audio and video sharing as well as online gaming. In January, SimpleWeb reported that VK was Russia’s fourth most-visited website, after Yandex, YouTube and Google’s Russian-language homepage. In 2016, Forbes’ Michael Solomon described Pavel Durov (pictured, below) as the “Mark Zuckerberg of Russia.” The original Telegram channel has expanded into a web of accounts for different locations, including specific pages made for individual Russian cities. There's also an English-language website, which states it is owned by the people who run the Telegram channels. On February 27th, Durov posted that Channels were becoming a source of unverified information and that the company lacks the ability to check on their veracity. He urged users to be mistrustful of the things shared on Channels, and initially threatened to block the feature in the countries involved for the length of the war, saying that he didn’t want Telegram to be used to aggravate conflict or incite ethnic hatred. He did, however, walk back this plan when it became clear that they had also become a vital communications tool for Ukrainian officials and citizens to help coordinate their resistance and evacuations. Sebi said data, emails and other documents are being retrieved from the seized devices and detailed investigation is in progress.
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