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The \u201cMedia History\u201d research group examines the role of communication and the media in social and societal processes from two perspectives within the history of media and communication \u2013 on the one hand, as communication in the past, and on the other, as communication about the past.<\/p>\n

In the first case, media providers, communicators and communicative processes are examined in terms of their significance for historical processes of transformation. One example of this is the project on the history of Hessischer Rundfunk in the post-war period<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the second instance, studies are being carried out on the valuation of the past, based on the fundamental changes in the constellation of actors and communicative practices in digital interactive media. This research into practices of remembrance and a \u2018digital media history\u2019 is being carried out in close collaboration with the Leibniz Research Network \u2018Value of the Past\u2019<\/a> in its 2nd phase (2025\u20132029) and Research Group 3 \u2018Participation and Appropriation\u2019, which is part of it.<\/p>\n

Head of the research group: Dr. Hans-Ulrich Wagner<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo by Pablo Garc\u00eda Salda\u00f1a<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2295,"template":"","class_list":["post-2298","hbi-competence","type-hbi-competence","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMedia History - Leibniz HBI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The competence area of media history sheds light on current communicative processes with reference to the past and examines historical communicative processes in order to assess changes in media environments and their potential consequences in the long term.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/research\/pa1\/media-history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Media History\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The competence area of media history sheds light on current communicative processes with reference to the past and examines historical communicative processes in order to assess changes in media environments and their potential consequences in the long term.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/research\/pa1\/media-history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Leibniz HBI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-16T10:39:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Header-KB-Mediengeschichte_e.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1380\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\\\/en\\\/research\\\/pa1\\\/media-history\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\\\/en\\\/research\\\/pa1\\\/media-history\\\/\",\"name\":\"Media History - 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