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Wagner, H.-U. (2011): 1924: Der Norden geht auf Sendung [1924: The North Goes Live]. In: NDR Geschichte(n) (online).
2011
Can Media help to integrate migrants? Historically, Germany has seen many periods of emigration and immigration. 12 million Germans who moved to a territorially reduced post-war Germany as a consequence of World War II had a particular huge impact. Radio broadcasting played a central role in the int...
Under the umbrella of the interdisciplinary research association on the cultural history of Hamburg (www.fkghh.uni-hamburg.de), academics from various subject areas comprehensively investigated the Hamburg cultural scene during the Weimar Republic and passed on their results to a wider public in 201...
The project concerns the literary programme offerings of the Reichssender [Reich Broadcasting] Hamburg between 1933 and 1939/40 with the aim of comprehensively analysing these in the context of the literary field of Hamburg or respectively the northern German broadcasting area.
A survey of the dual radio landscape in Schleswig-Holstein.
The Hans-Bredow-Institut explored, in cooperation with the NDR [Northern German Broadcasting], WDR [Western German Broadcasting] and Universität Hamburg, the media-historical transformation process of the NWDR [Northwestern German Broadcasting] during the years following the end of World W...
Dr Hans-Ulrich Wagner writes about radio personalities and their careers in his contribution to the anthology "100 Years of Radio in Germany", which has been published by the Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb). The book is available in the online shop of the bpb. About the Boo...
On BBC History, Dr. Hans-Ulrich Wagner describes in a blog article the genesis of the orchestra that is now known as the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra. Founded 75 years ago amidst the ruins of post-war Hamburg, it is an inspiring symbol of close cooperation and joint development with the British occ...
In the brochure on the 75th anniversary of the NDR Elbphilhamonie Orchestra, media historian Dr. Hans-Ulrich Wagner wrote a guest contribution on the foundation of this "German-British dream orchestra." You can download the brochure (in German) here Abstract (in German) Von einem...
In his article in the Journal for Media History, Hans-Ulrich Wagner writes about the interaction between literary authors and the medium radio. Literary authors have made use of the radio as a political, technological, cultural, and social medium from its infancy. A wide range of complex rela...
In the anthology "Politik und Regieren in Schleswig-Holstein [Politics and Governance in Schleswig-Holstein]", edited by Wilhelm Knelangen and Friedhelm Boyken, Dipl.-Soz. Hermann-Dieter Schröder writes about the design of the media system in Schleswig-Holstein. In the first part, t...
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