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Experimental Kit for Public TV: The INPUT Conference

Innovative formats, the courage to broach unusual themes and pleasure in exploring terrain new to television again and again: the annual international INPUT conference shows and discusses over 80 TV productions that have led the way in public-sector broadcasting. In 2009, INPUT was invited to Warsaw.More ...

Haus des Rundfunks - Broadcasting House, Berlin

The Haus des Rundfunks, an Expressionist-style building, has, for nearly 80 years, epitomized the history of Berlin, its tragedy and redemption. Today it is an international center for broadcasting and training, most particularly in radio documentary, along with visual and computer media.More ...

Digital Public - Goethe-Institut Projects in North America

Digital Public – Opportunities and Risks Involved in Creating Virtual Society – an Intercultural Comparison USA-Germany

The USA and Germany are among the world’s heaviest users of the Internet (USA is in first place in the world with 69.7% of the population connected to the web and Germany accounts for 16% of all internet-users in Europe with 61% of the population connected). So it is certainly of interest to the German-American discourse to look at what the consequences of this development are on public life and on the daily life of individuals in our two societies.More ...

Dossier: Audio Book and Audio Art in Germany

In Germany, audio books have now carved a permanent niche for themselves in the media scene. Audio drama and radio art are gaining renewed momentum and attracting a growing audience.

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The Invisible Arts Make a Comeback: Audio Art in Germany

Audio art in Germany is attracting a growing audience at festivals, exhibitions and events.More ...

Dossier: Journalism in Germany

The media world is undergoing changes which are also affecting journalism. Is the power of the press to enlighten and inform falling by the wayside? Does the Internet democratise journalism? Which are the routes to become a professional journalist.

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Germans in America (TV and DVD series)

On the trail of German emigrants to America. From the Mennonites of the 17th Century by way of impoverished farmers in the 18th century, political refugees of the failed 1848 Revolution, to the exiles of the 20th century, these programs tell the stories of exemplary destinies of German families and what became of them in their new homeland.More ...

Dossier: Digitalisation - En Route to an Electronic Universal Library?

There is one promise of the digital revolution that sounds particularly ambitious and seductive. The entire world’s knowledge is to be copied into a new storage medium, structured and made accessible to all human beings. How far have we gone in this direction and what dangers are lurking in the process? What effects does digitalisation have on books, libraries and publishing? Some insights and projects.

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