Public service media and public service internet as a counterweight to media concentration

IF 1.8 2区 文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION European Journal of Communication Pub Date : 2024-09-14 DOI:10.1177/02673231241270972
Barbara Thomass
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This article will discuss the question of whether and to what extent private ownership of media is the appropriate form for organising the infrastructures of social communication, or whether media oriented towards the common good and not profit-driven are better suited to the requirements of democratic communication in a pluralistic society. Starting from the dual character of media as merit goods and commodities, the connection between media concentration and democracy will be discussed based on concentration theories. In view of the fears that this connection might lead to negative excesses, media policy has long been attempting to curb media concentration. These efforts are shortly presented and discussed. Possibilities of balancing the dual character of the media within the framework of different ownership structures lead to the idea that public service media can form a counterweight to media concentration. This is as well an option for an internet oriented towards the common good. The suggestion of a Public Service Media and Public Service Manifesto that was published in 2021 and supported by more than 1000 subscribers from the academic and media community worldwide illustrates this possibility.
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公共服务媒体和公共服务互联网作为媒体集中的制衡力量
本文将讨论这样一个问题:媒体的私有制是否以及在多大程度上是组织社会传播基础设施的适当形式,还是以共同利益为导向、不以盈利为目的的媒体更适合多元化社会中的民主传播要求。从媒体作为公益物和商品的双重特性出发,我们将以集中理论为基础,讨论媒体集中与民主之间的联系。鉴于人们担心这种联系可能导致负面的过度发展,媒体政策长期以来一直试图遏制媒体集中。下文将对这些努力进行介绍和讨论。在不同所有权结构的框架内平衡媒体双重特性的可能性导致了这样一种想法,即公共服务媒体可以成为媒体集中的制衡力量。这也是以共同利益为导向的互联网的一种选择。2021 年发表的《公共服务媒体和公共服务宣言》得到了全世界学术界和媒体界 1000 多名订户的支持,该宣言的建议说明了这种可能性。
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期刊介绍: The European Journal of Communication is interested in communication research and theory in all its diversity, and seeks to reflect and encourage the variety of intellectual traditions in the field and to promote dialogue between them. The Journal reflects the international character of communication scholarship and is addressed to a global scholarly community. Rigorously peer-reviewed, it publishes the best of research on communications and media, either by European scholars or of particular interest to them.
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