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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.
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.
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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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Principles & Values,Journalism & News
Shining a Spotlight on Media Freedom?
October 2020
Media Coverage of the Global Campaign for Media Freedom - the first project report by Martin Scott, Mel Bunce, Mary Myers.
Funding Journalism in Israel: Secrecy and Political Influence
June 2020
Unusual opacity is the most salient characteristic of the media system in Israel, where the involvement of political figures in media operation raises serious concerns.
Funding,Journalism & News,Principles & Values
Soft Power, Hard News: How Journalists at State-Funded Transnational Media Legitimize Their Work
May 2020
How do journalists working for different state-funded international news organizations legitimize their relationship to the governments which support them? In what circumstances might such journalists resist the diplomatic strategies of their funding states?
Small Screen: Big Debate
2020
Join the conversation on the future of public service broadcasting in the UK.
Reporting facts: free from fear or favour
2020
Preview of In Focus report on World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development
Countering Disinformation
2020
"Disinformation is a growing risk to the health of many democratic systems. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, this project will assess how leading UK public service media are counteracting it in news reporting."
Innovation & Tech,Principles & Values
Organisational Culture of Public Service Media: People, values, processes
2019
In 2015-2019 Dr Michał Głowacki and Professor Lizzie Jackson investigated the internal organisational cultures of ten successful high technology clusters in North America and Europe to identify strategies to support the evolution of Public Service Media worldwide. Read their project report.
Universalism in Public Service Media
2020
Since the start of telephony and later in broadcasting, the pursuit of universal service has legitimated the ownership and operation of media as a public trust. This edition of RIPE looks at how this concept has changed.
The Value of PSM
2020
This European Broadcast Union publication from January 2020 showcases the value that public service media brings to European citizens.
Innovation & Tech,Journalism & News,Principles & Values
The Journalism AI
2019
The Journalism AI report is based on a survey of 71 news organisations in 32 different countries regarding artificial intelligence and associated technologies. A wide range of journalists working with AI answered questions about their understanding of AI, how it was used in their newsrooms, and their views on the wider potential and risks for the news industry.
A Pillar of Democracy on Shaky Ground
2019
This report gives an overview of public service media in South East Europe; referring to the ten countries.
Democracy & PSM
2019
The EBU's research demonstrates how countries with robust public service broadcasting systematically rank higher in core democratic indicators.
Public Broadcasting: The Latin American Exception
2019
An edited version of a talk at the panel The Future of Public Broadcasting: How to Win Back our Hearts? Forum Media and Development, Berlin, November 2018.
Public Service Broadcasting in the Digital Age
2019
This special issue proposes a reexamination of public service broadcasting (PSB) in the light of the most recent technological, political and economic developments.
Organisational Culture of Public Service Media
2019
An investigation into the internal organisational cultures of ten successful high technology clusters in North America and Europe to identify strategies to support the evolution of Public Service Media worldwide.
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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