What is the public value of public service broadcasting? Exploring challenges and opportunities in evolving media contexts

Chivers, Thomas and Allan, Stuart ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7767-0470 2022. What is the public value of public service broadcasting? Exploring challenges and opportunities in evolving media contexts. Nesta. Available at: https://www.pec.ac.uk/assets/publications/What-is-...

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Abstract

This discussion paper elaborates the concept of ‘public value’ to inform an evaluative framework for examining public service broadcasting (PSB) in the UK, particularly with respect to emerging debates on the future of policy-making in rapidly evolving media contexts. We begin with a case study of the implementation of public value tests at the BBC from 2004 to the present day, analysing how this strategic concept has encapsulated a varying set of principles, regulatory objectives, political challenges and economic pressures facing the UK’s largest public service broadcaster. Following this, we offer a prospective typology of six values — social, cultural, economic, industrial, representational and civic value — for defining and assessing the public benefits of PSB within a new media ecology. In so doing, we discern various tensions warranting greater attention in forthcoming discussions regarding a renewed policy settlement for the UK’s PSB model.

Item Type:	Monograph (UNSPECIFIED)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Journalism, Media and Culture
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Publisher:	Nesta
ISBN:	9781913095574
ISSN:	978-1-913095-57-4
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	14 January 2022
Date of Acceptance:	January 2022
Last Modified:	10 Nov 2022 10:21
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/146569

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