Media History: From Analog to Digital Communication Technology - Mediengeschichte: Von analoger zu digitaler Kommunikationstechnologie (LV / Vorlesung)

One of the greatest changes in the history of communication media is the transition from analog to digital. Today it is crucial for all of media science and people who are working in related businesses and institutions to develop a basic understanding of those historical, technological changes. Thus, this course will provide an overview of the history of the most important communication technologies and will discuss the technological details of traditional and modern media. How is sound transmitted over the telephone network? How does data flow across the Internet? What is the difference between a telephone call and a Skype call? Between a television broadcast and a YouTube video? These are a few of the questions that you should be able to answer after completing this course. We will cover a variety of telecommunication systems, addressing both what they can do and how they work. We will pay particular attention to the similarities and differences between digital and analog technologies. For a better understanding of communication technologies, we will also go into technological details such as wave propagation, data compression, cryptography, and several others.

MA-Med 3: Mediengeschichte (Bestandteil: Mediengeschichte I)

MSc-AKT 13

MA-SK 12

BA-KulT IS 4

MA Soziologie technikwissenschaftlicher Richtung - Freie Wahl