Public Service Media in Europe: A Comparative Approach

Karen Arriaza Ibarra is Professor of Audiovisual Communication at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. She is author of several books on ICTs, media structure and European media. A permanent member in the editorial boards of six communication journals, she also participates as guest professor in several universities. Her research focuses on European public service media, media structure, political communication, and media economy. Eva Nowak is Professor of Journalism at Jade University in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Her research focuses on international media systems, media freedom and pluralism, communication policy and professionalization in the media. In 2013 she was a research fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University. She co-edited Press Freedom and Pluralism in Europe (2009).　 Raymond Kuhn is Professor of Politics in the School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary University of London. He is a specialist in the fields of British and French political communication and media policy, and has published widely on French media policy and political communication. His most recent book is The Media in Contemporary France (2011).

Introduction 1. The Relevance of Public Service Media in Europe Part I: Theoretical Aspects and Global Influences on Public Service Media in Europe 2. Economic Paradigms in the EU and their Relation to Public Service Media 3. The role of Public Service Media in Nation-Building 4. Problems and Solutions for Public Service Broadcasting: Reflections on a 56 country study 5. Public Service Media and European Market Integration Policies 6. Public Service Media Accountability in Recent Decades: A Progressive Shift from State to Market 7. Digitisation and Public Service Media: What Service for which Public? Part II: A Comparative Analysis of Public Service Media across Europe 8. Between Autonomy and Dependency: Funding Mechanisms of Public Service Media in Selected European Countries 9. Autonomy and Regulatory Frameworks of Public Service Media: Diverging Scenarios in a Europe of Different Levels 10. Management and Organisation of Public Service Media companies: Basic Concepts Related to Efficiency and Failure in European Public Service Media 11. Why is Public Service Media Content as it is? A Comparison of Principles and Practices in six EU Countries 12. Accountability Mechanisms and the Control of Public Service Media in Europe