Institutions operating beyond direct control of government, such as central banks,
constitutional courts and public broadcasters, enjoy guarantees of de jure independence …

Public service broadcasters around the world are having to fight for their survival. Whether it
be progressive cuts in public funding, constitutional restrictions imposed on national …

Public broadcasters, like the BBC and the Italian broadcaster RAI, are some of the most
important media organisations in the world. Politicians are often tempted to interfere in the …

This article analyzes the extent to which diverse institutional logics (stock market, privately
held, civil society, public) are linked to the exercise of one important mode of media …

This article focuses on governmental control over state broadcasting media in Greece and
analyses whether Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation can be considered as public or state …

The ownership and funding of media organisations inevitably affects what news we receive
everyday. But is public or private ownership better? Looking at how news is constructed in …

This article is concerned with the relationship between systemic and ideological changes
affecting West European broadcasting and the nature of the regulatory responses. In …

Journalists in the Western democracies define themselves primarily as news professionals
who are committed to a form of journalism marked by its objectivity and political neutrality …

1 Formally autonomous systems, in which mechanisms for distancing political organs from
broadcaster decision-taking have been adopted, as in Britain though also in Ireland and …

Although public service broadcasting (PSB) in international comparison easily turns up as
the European model of broadcasting, the notion is historically more specific. The concept of …