2019 | 16 | Public Service Broadcasting in the Digital Age
This special issue proposes a reexamination of public service broadcasting (PSB) in the light of the most recent technological, political and economic developments. Traditional public service broadcasters, ideally designed to serve citizens rather than consumers to inform the national conversations in well-informed democracies, face the double challenge of commercialization (since the 1980s) and digitization (since the 1990s). The question of their survival in this context has been posed again and again. The need for a redefinition seems inevitable.
Co-edited by Jérôme Bourdon, Mette Charis Buchman and Peter B. Kaufman
Editorial: Public Service Broadcasting in the Digital Age
S. 1-4
Discoveries
Who’s Afraid of the Past: The Role of Archives in Shaping the Future of PSBs
S. 5-17
Public Broadcasting Footage in the Commons: A Practitioners’ Statement
S. 18-30
The Hidden Jewel in Public Service Broadcasting
S. 31-44
Audience Participation in PSM from a Media-centric to a Society-centric Approach: The Monitor as a Best Practice of the Dutch Public Broadcaster NPO
S. 45-58
Informed & Educated: When Public Service Radio Learns from the Commercial Radio Sector
S. 59-73
Explorations
Digital First! Reinventing Israeli PSB and Manufacturing Legitimacy Online
S. 74-87
Translating PSM Policy into Production Practices: Studying Newsroom Management Strategies towards Audience Engagement
S. 88-97
German Public Television, Social Media and Audience Engagement
S. 98-109
Producing Online Youth Fiction in a Nordic Public Service Context
S. 110-125