SMIT - Studies on Media, Information and Telecommunication

WIM VANOBBERGHEN
Researcher
Wim Vanobberghen holds master degrees in History (2001, Vrije Universiteit Brussel) and in Communication Sciences (2003, Vrije Universiteit Brussel) and a teacher's degree in History (2002, Vrije Universiteit Brussel). He started working at SMIT in 2004 and is preparing a phd 'The discourse about the user of new communication and information technologies in a historical perspective: a discourse analysis of the Flemish Catholic and Socialist Press with the introduction of radio (1923-1933) and television (1953-1960) in Belgium.' Currently, he's also working as a researcher on the EPIC-European platform for intelligent cities- project...
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	'The Marvel of our time': visions surrounding the introduction of radio broadcasting in the radio magazine Radio (1923-1928) (2011) 'The Marvel of our Time': Visions about radio broadcasting in the Flemish Catholic Press, 1923-1936, paper presented at the 25th IAMCR conference (2007) ‘The marvel of our time’: visions surrounding the introduction of radio broadcasting in Belgium 1923-1928, paper presented at Media History and History in the Media: Media and Time (2007) “Het nieuwe wereldwonder van onze tijd”: toekomstvisies over de radio-omroep in het tijdschrift “Radio” (1923-1936). Paper presented at Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap 2007 (publication on CD-ROM/digital proceedings) (2007) Comparative Media History in: Historical Journal of Film (2007) Publieke televisie in Vlaanderen. Een geschiedenis. (2007) Back to the future. Historicizing social dream worlds about new media (2006)