A public value typology for public service broadcasting in the UK

Chivers, Thomas and Allan, Stuart ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7767-0470 2022. A public value typology for public service broadcasting in the UK. Cultural Trends 10.1080/09548963.2022.2151340 Item availability restricted.

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Abstract

Rapid changes in audience habits, media technologies and market dynamics have prompted searching questions about the role and relevance of public service broadcasting (PSB) in the modern digital media landscape. In the UK, where cultural policymaking is increasingly politicised, the normative ideals traditionally associated with PSB are being openly contested. This article evaluates how PSB generates varied forms of “public value” of benefit to viewing and listening publics, policy stakeholders and the creative sector. On the basis of its qualitative analysis of policy documents and related research literatures over two decades, a typology of six values – social, cultural, economic, industrial, representational and civic – is identified and critiqued across regulatory and institutional frameworks. In assessing the challenges, risks and opportunities for sustaining these public values, this article offers its typology for informing cultural and media policy debates on the future of PSB in the UK and beyond.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	In Press
Schools:	Journalism, Media and Culture
Publisher:	Taylor and Francis Group
ISSN:	0954-8963
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	22 November 2022
Date of Acceptance:	15 November 2022
Last Modified:	06 Nov 2023 13:58
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/154417

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