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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
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Future-Proofing the UK’s Public Service Media
2024
This policy brief outlines the effect of global platforms on public media in the UK, and provides analysis and recommendations.
Towards a Future-Proof Public Service Media?
2024
This policy brief outlines key discoveries and conversations on PSM and platformisation in several markets in Europe and Canada.
The Governance of Artificial Intelligence in Public Service Media
2023
This report examines both the opportunities and questions which artificial intelligence raises for public service broadcasters.
Audiences,Innovation & Tech,Policy,Principles & Values,Production
Traditional broadcasting features in VoD services
2023
This study shows how traditional broadcasting theories are compatible with the increasingly trending digital platforms and on-demand services.
Public Service Media’s contribution to Society
2023
This research rethinks the contribution of PSM to society to recover its initial and essential mission.
Public Service Media: Bridging Values and Trust
2023
This research focuses on the reasons why public service media have generally remained trusted institutions despite the rise of tech.
Funding,Innovation & Tech,Policy
Business models and sustainability in the newspaper industry
2023
This article seeks to comprehend the viability of media business models and how media executives deal with digital change in the market.
Public service media as drivers of innovation
2023
This article examines PSM's innovation strategies and policies to determine if they are becoming user-centric rather than technology-centric.
Audiences,Innovation & Tech,Policy,Production
Nordic countries’ digital strategies and third-party platforms
2023
The research examined four Nordic PSM who expressed their doubts regarding the distribution of their content on third party platforms.
Public Service Broadcasters’ Strategies About Radio Apps
2023
The article explores how public service radio stations switch to radio apps and what principles they adopt in order to compete.
Audiences,Policy,Principles & Values
What is life like without the BBC?
2022
The BBC commissioned this study to help it understand better the value that it delivers to UK households and how this could be improved.
Between the Fourth Estate and the Fifth Power
2022
This report brings together multiple studies from academics across Europe on the theme: "Between the Fourth Estate and the Fifth Power".
Campaigns against PSM: Hot air or existential threat?
2022
This paper examines how populist campaigns have threatened PSM and proposes some potential responses to these challenges
Funding,Policy,Principles & Values
Funding Democracy: Public Media and Democratic Health in 33 Countries
2021
Funding Democracy: A new report provides evidence that where public media is better funded, they are "positively correlated with healthy democracies”.
The Contribution of NRK to Norwegian Media Diversity
November 2021
NRK: A review from The Norwegian Media Authority to the Ministry of Culture on NRK's positive contribution to Norwegian society.
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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