Public broadcasting and political interference / Chris Hanretty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hanretty, Chris.

Series:

Routledge research in political communication.

Routledge research in political communication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public broadcasting--Political aspects--Case studies.

Public broadcasting.

Public broadcasting--Europe--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Public broadcasters, like the BBC and the Italian broadcaster RAI, are some of the most important media organisations in the world. Politicians are often tempted to interfere in the workings of these broadcasters and when this happens, the results are highly controversial, as both the Blair and Berlusconi governments have discovered. Public Broadcasting and Political Interference explains why some broadcasters are good at resisting politicians' attempts at interference, and have won a reputation for independence - and why other broadcasters have failed to do the same. It tak

Contents:

Public Broadcasting and Political Interference; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and tables; List of acronyms; Preface; Part IThe broad picture; 1 Introduction; 1 Setting the scene; 2 What are public service broadcasters?; 3 What is political independence?; 4 Why does political independence matter?; 5 Why do other things matter less?; 6 What is my explanation of political independence?; 7 How do I demonstrate these claims?; 8 Outline of the book; 2 The broad picture: testing rival theories of independence on36 public broadcasters; 1 Measuring independence by proxy

2 What explanations exist already?3 My explanation; 4 Data and model; 5 Summary; Part IISpecific cases; 3 Italy: the absence of Caesars; 1 Fascism and the post-warperiod (1924-1960); 2 The Bernabei era (1961-1974); 3 Reform to reform (1975-1992); 4 New hopes dashed (1993-2008); 5 Conclusion; 4 Spain: huge steps forward?; 1 From dictatorship to transition (1923-1977); 2 The early democratic years (1977-1996); 3 From Aznar to Zapatero; 4 Conclusion; 5 The United Kingdom: "treading delicately like Agag"; 1 From foundation to competition (1922-1955); 2 The years of Butskellism (1954-1979)

3 From Thatcher to Blair (1979-2005)4 Conclusion; 6 Ireland: importing experience; 1 From 2RN to television (1926-1960); 2 Refoundation, confrontation (1960-1976); 3 1976 until the present day; 4 Conclusion; 7 Sweden: "disturbing neither God nor Hitler"; 1 An abundance of caution (1922-1955); 2 Diplomats and exegetes (1955-1969); 3 The centre does not hold (1969-); 4 Conclusion; 8 Denmark: being driven to the left?; 1 Establishment until the 1950s (1922-1955); 2 The 1950s until Vänstervridning (1957-1974); 3 The professionalization turn? (1980-); 4 Conclusion

Part IIIComparisons and conclusions9 Comparing the six broadcasters; 1 The market and professionalization; 2 The journalists; 3 Management; 4 Rules; 5 Conclusion; 10 Conclusions; 1 Reassessing independence; 2 Reassessing legal protection; 3 Reassessing the causal chain; 4 Implications for reform; 5 Continued relevance; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613241603

9781136702105

1136702105

9781283241601

1283241609

9781136702112

1136702113

9780203813720

0203813723

OCLC:

727134342