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Tiews, A. L.; Wagner, H.-U. (2013): "Stahlnetz: Dieser Fall ist wahr!" ["Steel Net: This Is a True Case!"] In: NDR Geschichte(n) (online).
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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.
Under what conditions do journalists work for public service broadcasters?
Does television influence how historical events are remembered? In her PhD-project, Juliane Finger has developed an approach to conceive long-term media effects using the example of the Holocaust presented on German TV.
The increasing digitalisation of media environments enables viewers to access audio-visual content anywhere at any time. Uwe Hasebrink investigated why viewers switch from linear to non-linear forms of TV services.
A study on the consequences of the new regulation of Art. 25 (4) clause 4 RStV for regional television breakout programmes.
In the Wörterbuch der Journalistik [Dictionary of Journalism] Dr. Hans-Ulrich Wagner describes the situation of young journalists after the end of the war. To the article Abstract Many then 'young' journalists repeatedly emphasised the aspect of guidance and assistance from the Britis...
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...
Hans-Ulrich Wagner writes in the media journal of the Evangelischer Pressedienst epd medien about the new service of the Südwestrundfunk (SWR) - SWR Retro. SWR is the first public broadcaster to make historical archive material available to the public in the ARD Mediathek [ARD media library]. &...
Wagner, H.-U. (2018): Beate Meyer: Fritz Benscher. Ein Holocaust-Überlebender als Rundfunk- und Fernsehstar in der Bundesrepublik [A Holocaust Survivor as a Radio and TV Star in Germany]. Review. Rundfunk und Geschichte 44 (1-2), pp. 72-73.
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