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Neither private property nor public service: Critical reflections on the conceptual framework of public service media 

Des Freedman | European Journal of Communication

Public service media has long been seen as a counterweight to the market model, with broad ambitions that involve civic participation, social improvement and knowledge acquisition. This paper, however, argues that at their very best, PSM have improved an otherwise anaemic commercial landscape. But at their worst, they are simply an accessory to state actors and contaminated media markets that reproduce elite power, with structural imbalances built in.