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Wagner, H.-U. (2012): Seekarten für die Rundfunk-Kapitäne [Nautical Charts for Broadcasting Captains]. In: NDR-Geschichte(n) (online).
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The project compiles a comprehensive history of the German Press Agency from 1949 to the present. To do so, the dpa will be presented in the light of the changing society of the Federal Republic of Germany and the developments in the media landscape. The specific role and significance of the dpa as...
The project investigates the broadcasting activities of the Hamburg author Siegfried Lenz (1926-2014) and explores the development of the cultural value of public service broadcasting.
The network project looked at the historical and today's role of the media in the Baltic Sea Region in light of current challenges and analysed historical lines of developments of migration processes. In 2017/18, the project was funded by the Landesforschungsförderung Hamburg [Hamburg Resea...
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 what conditions do journalists work for public service broadcasters?
In 2021/22, the Instagram project @ichbinsophiescholl of the public broadcasters SWR and BR let users participate in the last 10 months of the life of a remediated Sophie Scholl, played by Luna Wedler. A new anthology now examines this project from different academic perspectives and asks how histor...
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...
In his article published in info7 – Das Magazin für Medien, Archive und Information, Dr. Hans-Ulrich Wagner writes about the situation of public broadcasting archives and their importance for users as well as for authors working for broadcasters. Abstract There was talk of a "...
How is historical authenticity produced and which media strategies come into play? How is history evoked, legitimised and authorised by the media? Dr. Hans-Ulrich Wagner, Dr. Christoph Classen and Dr. Achim Saupe (Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam) together with 14 researchers addresse...
On the blog of the Historical Commission of the ARD, Dr. Hans-Ulrich Wagner writes about how the author Siegfried Lenz used the media. To the article (online, in German) Abstract There are "treasures" in the archives of the public broadcasters that need to be unearthed. This or something...
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