Die Medienökonomie – Vorwort der Herausgeber

Platformization as a Structural Dimension for Public Service Media in Germany: The funk Content Network and the New Interstate Media Treaty

“…They also review instructions for advertising and compliance with protection of the young, encourage projects for media education, and they promote the safeguarding of media plurality in commercial broadcasting and the internet. They therefore aim at regulating commercial radio, television, and providers of media platforms and intermediaries in line with the statutory requirements of the Interstate Media Treaty, ensuring its coordination and compliance nationwide and in accordance with European media policy (Arnold and Donges 2020; die medienanstalten 2022; Jarren and Donges 2004). In addition, they are accompanied by civil actors, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and independent scientific associations which monitor, study and discuss socially relevant criteria of media developments and regulation, thus operating as a “responsibility network” (Dogruel et al 2020, 139).…”