Regaining the initiative for public service media / Gregory Ferrell Lowe & Jeanette Steemers (eds.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lowe, Gregory Ferrell.

Steemers, Jeanette.

RIPE at 2011.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public broadcasting--Congresses.

Public broadcasting.

Communication.

Congresses and conventions.

Physical Description:

257 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Göteborg, Sweden : Nordicom, 2012.

Summary:

This collection of fourteen essays on public service media showcases current scholarship in the development and sustainability of public broadcasting projects in a variety of international contexts. The volume is divided into sections covering public policy, response to economic and policy pressures, cutting edge initiatives, and public media practices, and individual articles address topics such as the public media debate in Scandinavia since 2000, changing regulation regimes, public service initiatives in Arab media, and broadcast journalism and impartiality in the digital age. Contributors include academics in journalism and communications studies from US, UK and European institutions. Price is converted from euros. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Preface

Regaining the initiative for public service media

The changing nature of political case-making for public service broadcasters

Losing the battle, winning the war : public service media debate in Scandinavia 2000-2010

High noon : the BBC meets "the west's most daring government"

Ex ante tests : a means to an end or the end for public service media?

PSB policymaking in comparative perspective : the BBC and France Télévisions

Changing regimes of regulation : implications for public service broadcasting

Born into crisis : public service broadcasters in south east Europe

Public cultural service : new paradigms of broadcasting policy and reform in the People's Republic of China

Breaking the mold with new media : making way for a public service provider in Mexico?

Public service initiatives in Arab media today

Broadcast journalism and impartiality in the digital age : six fallacies and a counter-factual

A 360° public service sector? The role of independent production in the UK's public service broadcasting landscape

Expectations, experiences & exceptions : promises and realities of participation on websites.

Notes:

På omslaget: RIPEat2011.

The title of this reader reflects the focus of discourse during the conference.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789186523336

9186523333

OCLC:

781797240