Full Description
Public service broadcasting is in the process of evolving into 'public service media' as a response to the challenges of digitalization, intensive competition and financial vulnerability. While many commentators regard public service as being in transition, a central dimension of its mission - to integrate and unify the nation while respecting and representing plurality - is being reemphasized and re-legitimated in a political climate where the politics of migration and cultural diversity loom large in public debate. Through a series of thematic chapters and in-depth national case studies, National Conversations examines the reshaping of public service media and the concomitant development of new guiding discourses, policies, and program practices for addressing difference and lived multiculturalism in Europe.
Contents
Introduction: National Conversations: Public Service Media and Cultural Diversity in Europe - Karina Horsti, Gunilla Hultén and Gavan Titley
Section 1: The Rise of Diversity and Transition to Public Service Media: Complementary Perspectives
Chapter 1: Diversity, Broadcasting and the Politics of Representation - Sarita Malik (Brunel University)
Chapter 2: The Cultural Diversity Turn: Policies, Politics and Influences at the European Level - Karina Horsti (University of Jyväskylä)
Chapter 3: Public Service Media and Cultural Diversity: European Regulatory and Governance Frameworks - Tarlach McGonagle (University of Amsterdam)
Section 2: Policies, Practices and Future Directions: National Case Studies
Chapter 4: Between Diversity and Pluriformity: The 'New Style' of Dutch Broadcasting - Isabel Awad and Jiska Engelbert (Erasmus University, Rotterdam)
Chapter 5: Struggling With Multiculturalism? Cultural Diversity in Flemish Public Broadcasting Policies and Programmes - Alexander Dhoest (University of Antwerp)
Chapter 6: Ireland, the 'Migration Nation': Public Service Media Responses Between Discourse and Desire - Gavan Titley (National University of Ireland, Maynooth)
Chapter 7: A Vulnerable Diversity: Diversity Policies in Swedish Public Service Media - Gunilla Hultén (Stockholm University)
Chapter 8: The Politics of a Multicultural Mission: Finland's YLE in a Changing Society - Karina Horsti (University of Jyväskylä)
Chapter 9: The Multicultural Mission in Public Service Broadcasting: The Case of Norway - Gunn Bjørnsen (Volda University College)
Chapter 10: Estonian Broadcasting and the Russian Language: Trends and Media Policy - Andreas Jõesaar and Salme Rannu (Tartu University)
Afterword: 'And That's Goodnight From Us': Cultural Diversity and its Challenges for Public Service Media - Andrew Jakubowicz (University of Technology, Sydney)
