Public Service Media in Europe: A Comparative Approach

Taylor & Francis

Public Service Media in Europe: A Comparative ApproachAuthor(s): Karen Arriaza Ibarra, Eva Nowak, Raymond Kuhn\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138017856, 978-1138017856\nSynopsis\nPublic service media (PSM) have been the mainstay of Western European broadcasting for a number of decades. Yet despite a general political consensus in favour of PSM, recent technological, economic and political changes have led to a questioning of their value.\n\nThis new collection of essays explores the history of PSM in selected European countries, from their early establishment as the main media in many countries to charting their transformation and evolution in recent years. The contributions consider the political, economic and market-integration issues that impact PSM, while also highlighting the importance of the ideology that originally accompanied PSM in its initial years, to see how relevant they are in the contemporary wo.