public service media

Media Constrained by Context: International Assistance and the Transition to Democratic Media in the Western Balkans external link

Jusić, T. & Irion, K.

Budapest/ New York: CEU Press, 2018, 1031, ISBN: 978-963-386-259-9

Abstract

This book compares the results of twenty years of international media assistance in the five countries of the western Balkans. It asks what happens to imported models when they are applied to newly evolving media systems in societies in transition. Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Serbia undertook a range of media reforms to conform with accession requirements of the European Union and the standards of the Council of Europe, among others. The essays explore the nexus between the democratic transformation of the media and international media assistance in these countries. The cross-national analysis concludes that the effects of international assistance are highly constrained by local contexts. In hindsight it becomes clear that escalating media assistance does not necessarily improve outcomes.

Links

http://ceupress.com/book/media-constrained-context

Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, domcratization, frontpage, international assistance, Kosovo, Macedonia, media assistance, media supervisory authority, media systems, public service media, Serbia, western Blakan

Bibtex

Book{Jusić2018,
	title = {Media Constrained by Context: International Assistance and the Transition to Democratic Media in the Western Balkans},
	author = {Jusić, T. and Irion, K.},
	url = {http://ceupress.com/book/media-constrained-context},
	year = {1031},
	date = {2018-10-31},
	abstract = {This book compares the results of twenty years of international media assistance in the five countries of the western Balkans. It asks what happens to imported models when they are applied to newly evolving media systems in societies in transition. Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Serbia undertook a range of media reforms to conform with accession requirements of the European Union and the standards of the Council of Europe, among others. The essays explore the nexus between the democratic transformation of the media and international media assistance in these countries. The cross-national analysis concludes that the effects of international assistance are highly constrained by local contexts. In hindsight it becomes clear that escalating media assistance does not necessarily improve outcomes.},
	keywords = {Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, domcratization, frontpage, international assistance, Kosovo, Macedonia, media assistance, media supervisory authority, media systems, public service media, Serbia, western Blakan},
}

Merely Facilitating or Actively Stimulating Diverse Media Choices? Public Service Media at the Crossroad external link

Helberger, N.

International Journal of Communication, pp: 1324-1340, 2015

Abstract

Personalized recommendations provide new opportunities to engage with audiences and influence media choices. Should the public-service media use such algorithmic profiling and targeting to guide audiences and stimulate more diverse choices? And if they do, is this a brave new world we would like to live in? This article outlines new opportunities for the public-service media to fulfill their commitment to media diversity and highlights some of the ethical and normative considerations that will play a role. The article concludes with a call for a new body of “algorithmic media ethics.”

Bibtex

Article{nokey,
	title = {Merely Facilitating or Actively Stimulating Diverse Media Choices? Public Service Media at the Crossroad},
	author = {Helberger, N.},
	url = {http://www.ivir.nl/publicaties/download/1549.pdf},
	year = {0507},
	date = {2015-05-07},
	journal = {International Journal of Communication},
	abstract = {Personalized recommendations provide new opportunities to engage with audiences and influence media choices. Should the public-service media use such algorithmic profiling and targeting to guide audiences and stimulate more diverse choices? And if they do, is this a brave new world we would like to live in? This article outlines new opportunities for the public-service media to fulfill their commitment to media diversity and highlights some of the ethical and normative considerations that will play a role. The article concludes with a call for a new body of “algorithmic media ethics.”},
	keywords = {algorithm profiling, ethics, media diversity, Mediarecht, nudging, public service media},
}