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Welcome to our shared public media research and resource page in collaboration with IAPMR and MJRC
Here you will find a broad selection of recommended journals, reports, websites and guides related to the core values of public service media, as well as specially-commissioned Research Insights – blogs, op-eds, pieces, written by leading researchers and academics on a chosen subject.
Topics include best practices, country reports and the mounting challenges faced by PSM worldwide such as media capture, diminishing budgets and media convergence.
The resources below have been curated by the Public Media Alliance in collaboration with the International Association of Public Media Researchers (IAPMR) and the Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC). You can find out more about our collaborators at the bottom of the page.
Is there something we have missed? Please get in touch, we would be pleased to review it here. Also see the Our Publications section for our own reports and handbooks as well as the InnoPSM website. We also keep track of research news and calls for papers.
Most of the following resources are open-source but some contain links to articles that require an institutional log-in to view. Please refer to your University, institution or employer if this is the case.
Research Insights
A collection of articles written by leading researchers & academics from around the world, especially commissioned for PMA and IAPMR.
Streaming Public Service Television in the Age of Platforms
27th March 2025
A comparative analysis of Video on Demand (VoD) streaming, publishing and personalisation from public service media in seven markets.
Young European audience habits and what it means for public media
27th March 2025
A new study explores the viewing habits of young audiences across four countries in Europe, and explores what it means for content production
How to sustain public service journalism
26th March 2025
The editors of a new book explore the challenges and developments facing public service journalism, and why it matters for public media.
What does a Trump presidency mean for public media?
21st November 2024
After a two year period of job cuts and shrinking, is public media in for a tough time under another Donald Trump presidency?
It’s about trust: Public service media and disinformation
21st August 2024
Public service media are often credited as an antidote to fake news, but how do they do it, and are they doing it well?
Switching off: Young audiences, streaming and public media
3rd July 2024
The outlook for public media is not encouraging with young audiences turning to streaming services much more than public media.
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The State of Public Service Media Worldwide
Every year, the Media and Journalism Research Center releases the 'State Media Monitor' – the flagship study assessing the editorial, financial and governance independence of state-administered media companies across the world.

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Audiences,Journalism & News,Principles & Values,DE&I
Radio audience in European minority languages: Important reality and structural correlation
This paper looks at the audience of public radio in indigenous minority languages across Europe, showing the role of PSM in preserving them
Innovation & Tech,Journalism & News,Policy,Principles & Values
Rationalisation of the news – How AI reshapes and retools the gatekeeping processes of news organisations in the United Kingdom, United States and Germany
This paper looks at the usage of AI in the newsroom, along with the ways in which it has re-shaped journalistic practices.
Journalism & News,Principles & Values
Redefining objectivity: Exploring types of evidence by fact-checkers in four European countries
This article examines the different types of evidence adopted by fact checkers in four European countries and how they are used
Audiences,Innovation & Tech,Journalism & News,Policy,Principles & Values
Projections: The Social Internet
This report focuses in how the BBC can use social media to connect with increasingly isolated online audiences.
Audiences,Funding,Journalism & News,Policy
Framing Nordic public service media: Comparing policy discourses in Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark
This article surveys the Scandinavian PSM landscape over the last 10 years to determine the ways in which the role of PSM have changed.
Global platforms, new media generations and Anglo-American hegemony: An exploration of young audience viewing and language preferences in four European countries
This study found that young people moved away from locally-produced content, with their focus shifting toward English-language productions.
Public service media as critical media infrastructure for the digital era
This article argues PSM’s should be viewed as a critical part of communication infrastructures to ensure a well-functioning society.
News Literacy and Public Service News Broadcasting: Is There a Connection? Evaluating News Literacy Among Viewers and Non-Viewers of PSB News Programming in Austria
This study examines the effect of television news programmes run by public broadcasters on the news literacy of consumers in Austria.
Audiences,Innovation & Tech,Policy
The rise and fall of European media: EU policy in the streaming era
This article looks at European broadcasters and the failure of shaping a transnational media industry despite EU's efforts.
Smart TV Users and Interfaces: Who’s in Control?
This study shows the (in)ability to customise smart TV across society can impact the current policy debates about prominence regulation.
Audiences,Innovation & Tech,Journalism & News
How public service media are changing in the platform era: A comparative study across four European countries
This research looks into the transformation of four European PSM in response to the pressures related to platformatisation.
Innovation & Tech,Principles & Values
Are Public Service Media Innovative? Developing a Tool for Assessing Innovation in Production Processes
In this study, the authors looked into the case of the Spanish PSM to assess the state of innovation in PSM production processes
Neither private property nor public service: Critical reflections on the conceptual framework of public service media
This paper argues that if PSM have improved an otherwise anaemic commercial landscape they can also be an accessory to state actors.
Journalism & News,Principles & Values,DE&I
Programming Queerness? PSM Remits, Metarepresentational Discourse, and LGBTQ+ Portrayals
This article examines PSM's role in instigating and shaping domestic depictions of sexual and gender differences.
The shadowy realm of news avoidance
This study, explores a new approach to news avoidance and demonstrates that PSM news avoiders have relatively precarious social status.
Our Partners
We are pleased to partner with the IAPMR and MJRC for this resource
IAPMR
The International Association of Public Media Researchers (IAPMR) brings together quality academic and industrial research from different disciplines. We support the continual evolution of public service media by aggregating theory and practice. We look critically from industrial, production, audience, technological, economic and societal perspectives. We run conferences, produce publications and communicate knowledge to academia, industry, governments, and publics.
MJRC
The Media and Journalism Research Center is an independent media research and policy think tank that seeks to improve the quality of media policymaking and the state of independent media and journalism through research, knowledge sharing and financial support. MJRC continues the work of the Center for Media, Data & Society (CMDS), which until October 2022 operated as a unit of Central European University (CEU).
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