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Wagner, H.-U. (2014): Vermisstenmeldung im NWDR [Missing Person Report on the NWDR]. In: NDR Geschichte(n) (online).
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Are public service media legally obliged to create social cohesion? And how is the integration-related performance of these media perceived?
How can integration services of the media be assessed? The pilot study in cooperation with the ZDF has developed criteria that can be used to describe the performance of public media in the context of society.
To what extent can algorithmic recommendation systems be part of the own journalistic activity of public service media providers and take the side of (or take the place of) journalistic selection and compilation of information? In a White Paper for the MDR (Central German Broadcasting), the main cha...
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...
Private Broadcasting has existed for only 30 years in Germany. However, it has existed long enough to ask, in a media history project, why and how private broadcasting was implemented.
In the 56th edition of the publication "Grimme-Preis", Dr. Jan-Hinrik Schmidt writes about algorithmic recommendation systems in public media and the issues involved. To the publication (pdf) Abstract Algorithmic recommendation systems characterise our everyday use of the Internet. Be it...
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...
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...
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