Public Service Broadcasting in the Digital Age

Elstein, David

doi:10.1111/j.1468-0270.2005.00594.x

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“…The PSBs themselves have embarked upon the development of PSM services, with varying degrees of enthusiasm, resourcing, and public policy support (Brevini, 2013). Others, however, have questioned an extensive role for PSB organisations in an age of communications abundance (Elstein et al, 2004;Armstrong and Weeds, 2007;Elstein, 2008). Private media groups have argued against any significant engagement of PSBs in new media, seeing them as a harmful distortion of the market (ACT et al, 2009).…”

Section: Subsidy Issues Raised By Digital Convergencementioning

confidence: 95%

Media Power and Plurality

Barnett¹,

Townend²

2015

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This innovative series examines the wider social, political, economic and technological changes arising from the globalization of the media and communications industries and assesses their impact on matters of business practice, regulation and policy. Considering media convergence, industry concentration, and new communications practices, the series makes reference to the paradigmatic shift from a system based on national decisionmaking and the traditions of public service in broadcast and telecommunications delivery to one that is demarcated by commercialization, privatization and monopolization. Bearing in mind this shift, and based on a multidisciplinary approach, the series tackles three key questions: To what extent do new media developments require changes in regulatory philosophy and objectives? To what extent do new technologies and changing media consumption require changes in business practices and models? And to what extent does privatization alter the creative freedom and public accountability of media enterprises?

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Section: Subsidy Issues Raised By Digital Convergencementioning

confidence: 95%

Media Power and Plurality

Barnett¹,

Townend²

2015

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“…The fora that PSM is to render account to and in the instruments of control and accountability now are organized within a competition framework, befitting NPM ideals that the market can provide diverse and high-quality services, that government intervention should decrease because it disturbs and distorts (media) markets and that the role of public-funded media organisations must be defined and monitored more transparently. This is reflected in the growth in accountability and performance instruments to determine levels of performance (Donders, 2012;Elstein 2004;Leys, 2001).…”

Section: Trends In Psm Policymaking Processesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In areas where the market successfully delivers programmes and services, they prescribe a limited role for public broadcasters (e.g. Elstein, 2004). As digitisation has significantly multiplied content outlets, supporters of the market failure perspective see less legitimacy for a strong online public broadcaster.…”

Section: A Framework For Analysis Of Viewpoints On Psm In Flandersmentioning

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Media policymaking and multistakeholder involvement: Matching audience, stakeholder and government expectations for public service media in Flanders

Bulck

Raats

2022

European Journal of Communication

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This contribution analyzes government, opposition, public service media, media stakeholders and audience views regarding the role and remit of public service media in the run-up to and their impact on the renewal of the 2021–2025 management contract between public broadcaster VRT and the Flemish Government. Results show that, despite a shifting media ecosystem and academics and government pushing for fundamental reform, audiences and most stakeholders’ views stick to a centralized, broad and multiplatform public media institution. Moreover, they expect public service media to solve ever more media and societal issues (e.g. fake news) within a shrinking budget. The case illustrates how mature, evidence-based multistakeholderism pushes public service media to meet an increasingly challenging set of expectations, hampers both public service media and government to build a well-balanced, long-term vision of public service media's role and, instead, pushes them to pursue their own agenda. Lastly, an evidence-based process also suffers from issues of validity of the data.

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“…The ideals of PSM are not undisputed. Some critics want to limit public service delivery to the production and delivery of niche services with a focus on supply but not demand (see, for example, Elstein 2008). Others claim PSM does not achieve its full potential by not meeting the "consumer" needs of the audience (Hasebrink 2011).…”

Section: Challenges With Psm Audiencesmentioning

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Moving beyond the Borders of Top–Down Broadcasting

Vanhaeght

Donders

2015

Television & New Media

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This article analyzes whether and to what extent public broadcasters have been able to transpose concepts like interaction, cocreation, and participation into actual media service delivery. The article theoretically frames this discussion, first, by defining and operationalizing interaction with, cocreation of, and participation in public service media (PSM), focusing mainly on participation, and, second, by analyzing the challenges that emerge from these concepts. Subsequently, a comparative case study analysis is conducted. Included in the analysis are three PSM multiplatform projects targeted at younger users: that is, TV Lab (France Télévisions), Carte Blanche (VRT, Flanders), and BNN University (NPO, the Netherlands). Findings are based on a qualitative document analysis and semistructured interviews with both producers of and participants in these multiplatform projects.

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Public Service Broadcasting in the Digital Age

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Media Power and Plurality

Media Power and Plurality

Media policymaking and multistakeholder involvement: Matching audience, stakeholder and government expectations for public service media in Flanders

Moving beyond the Borders of Top–Down Broadcasting

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