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ARTICLE: Public broadcasters in Portugal and Spain were heavily impacted by austerity policies

The external financial assistance provided for European countries in crises starting in 2009, had a major impact for many public services in these countries, including public service broadcasting. The article written by Elsa Costa e Silva of Minho University and María-Jesús Díaz-González of Universidade da Coruña looks at the effects of austerity policy measures implemented, … Continued

Tags: journalism funding, Portugal, public service broadcasting, Spain
Published: 23 Apr 2020

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ARTICLE: Who gets to speak and what in Flemish TV news?

Significant differences exist between issues in the actors that get to speak in television news, new study from Belgium finds. Kathleen Beckers and Peter Van Aelst, both of the University of Antwerp, examined differences in actor prevalence over time. They analysed all TV news items (about 10 000 broadcasts) from two main Flemish broadcasters from … Continued

Tags: Belgium, public service broadcasting, television
Published: 16 Apr 2018

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ARTICLE: The BBC does not live out the ideals of public service broadcasting

Independent and strong enough public service broadcasters are often seen as a defence against overly commercialized or state-captured media. The BBC has been praised as a global standard bearer in broadcast radio and television. Even though its relationship with the government and the so-called establishment is not straighforward, the company is far from being totally … Continued

Tags: media systems, public service broadcasting, United Kingdom
Published: 13 Mar 2018

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ARTICLE: Four ways to control media by government funding

“Regulation, legislation, physical attacks, and threats against journalists or media owners are effective methods used to capture the media. But funding is arguably the most effective method of all”, Marius Dragomir, of Central European University (CEU) in Hungary, argues. The article describes trends in how governments use funding to control media, directly and indirectly. There … Continued

Tags: journalism funding, media systems, public service broadcasting
Published: 7 Sep 2017

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ARTICLE: Western Balkan public service broadcasters between a rock and a hard place

Public service broadcasters in the Western Balkan are increasingly caught between political control and market pressures, being financially dependent on politics or advertisers. Marko Milosavljević and Melita Poler, both of the University of Ljubljana, studied the public service broadcasters in seven countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, … Continued

Tags: journalism funding, public service broadcasting
Published: 24 Aug 2017

CFP | 16.6. | Half a century of BBC’s local radio

A one-day symposium on the BBC’s local radio audiences is calling for paper proposals. The event will be held in Leicester, UK, on the 8th of November 2017. The symposium is organised by De Montford University and the Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association. The event is entitled “Reaching out: the past, present and future … Continued

Tags: public service broadcasting, radio journalism
Published: 15 May 2017

VIDEO: Media ownership and journalistic content

Roddy Flynn, a lecturer at Dublin City University talked to us about his research into the relationship between media ownership and journalistic content. He tells about findings concerning a study on whether media owners are treated differently by their own reporters. Flynn’s project looked at the public service broadcaster in Ireland and the largest private … Continued

Tags: Ireland, journalism funding, journalistic norms, public service broadcasting, video
Published: 7 Apr 2017

CFP: The future of Canada’s native people’s broadcasting

A series of symposia on the topic of broadcasting and Canada’s native peoples is looking for contributions. Six regional gatherings and a three-day conference will be organised under the title “The future of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis broadcasting: Conversation & convergence”. The series of events is intended to vitalize discussion in advance of an … Continued

Tags: Canada, minorities, public service broadcasting, radio, television
Published: 25 Nov 2016

ARTICLE: No clear country clusters in risks to PSM

In terms of risks to public service media’s independence, European countries do not fit neatly in categorizations such as that of Daniel Hallin and Paolo Mancini (2004), writes Maja Šimunjak of Middlesex University London. Šimunjak reviews the results of the Media Pluralism Monitor 2015 research. Among other things, the project looked into the ways governments … Continued

Tags: media systems, public service broadcasting
Published: 23 Sep 2016