Public service broadcasting [Allmennkringkasting]

 

This is a site where I link to previous and recent works about public service broadcasting (English and Norwegian).

PUBLIC TELEVISION IN EUROPE

Book Chapter: Public Service in Europe: Five Key Points (2018)

THE CONCEPT OF PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING

Researching Public Service Broadcasting (2009) PDF

The many uses of the public service concept (1999) PDF

Kringkasting i 1990-åra: Hvem er mest 'Public Service'? (1991) PDF

SCHEDULING, MULTI-PLATFORM, PARTICIPATION

Keeping Them and Moving Them: TV Scheduling in the Phase of Channel and Platform Proliferation (2014)

Farvel til mangfoldet? Endringer i norske tv-kanalers programlegging og sendeskjemaer etter digitaliseringen (2011)

Television and Multi Platform Media Hybrids  (2006) PDF

Non-professional Activity on Television in a Time of Digitalisation: More Fun for the Elite or New Opportunities for Ordinary People? (2009)

Citizens, Audiences,Customers and Players: A Conceptual Discussion of the Relationship Between Broadcasters and Their Publics (2004)

NRK AND TV2 - IN NORWEGIAN

25 år med kommersiell allmennkringkasting (open access) (2018) 

TV - En innføring (2010)

Allmennkringkasting i krise - not! (2008)

Et hjem for oss - et hjem for deg? Analyser av TV 2 (2006)

Mediemangfold - Styring av mediene i et globalisert marked (2004) PDF

Den store TV-krigen: Norsk allmennfjernsyn 1988-1996 (1997) PDF

POLICY AND HISTORY

From problem to solution? Why it is difficult to restrict the remit of public broadcasters (2020)

The Impact of Convergence on European Television Policy. Pressure for Change — Forces of Stability (2007)

Challenges to Public Television in the Era of Convergence and Commercialization (2003)

Public Service Television in Transition: A Comparative and Historical Analysis of the BBC and the NRK (PhD-thesis 1992) READ ONLINE

PSB AS PART OF  "THE MEDIA WELFARE STATE"

The Media Welfare State: Nordic media in the Digital Era (2014) READ ONLINE

THE MEDIUM OF TELEVISION - PAST AND FUTURE 

The End of Television - Again! How TV is Still Influenced by Cultural Factors in the Age of Digital Intermediaries (2016) OPEN ACCESS

From fear of television to fear for television (2013)

RESARCH AND METHODS, MEDIA INSTITUTIONS 

Media Institutions as a Research Field: Three Phases of Norwegian Broadcasting Research 2007 PDF

Medieinstitusjoner som forskningsfelt: Tendenser i norsk kringkastingsforskning (1999) PDF

Dokumentanalyse i medievitenskapen: Tilgang, kildekritikk, problemstillinger (1998) PDF

RIPE: Current research on public service media

There is much current research on the transition from public service broadcasting to public service media. I recommend the anthologies published bi-annually by the RIPE-network:

Public service media in the networked society 2018

Crossing Borders and Boundaries in Public Service Media 2016

The Value of Public Service Media 2014

Regaining the initiative for Public Service Media 2012

The Public in Public Service Media 2010

From Public Service Broadcasting to Public Service Media 2008 

Cultural dilemmas in Public Service Broadcasting 2005

Broadcasting and Convergence: New Articulations of the Public Service Remit 2003