Media in Europe Today by Trappel Josef;Meier Werner A.;d’Haenens Leen;Steemers Jeanette;Thomass Barbara;

Author:Trappel, Josef;Meier, Werner A.;d’Haenens, Leen;Steemers, Jeanette;Thomass, Barbara;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Intellect Books
Published: 2011-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

The two different European media policy regimes – the one emphasizing the democratic function of the media, and the other underlining more the industrial and commercial aims – can today perhaps be seen clearest in the realm of European television policy. Powerful industrial forces have long attempted to narrow down the role of the public service broadcasting, and to reduce it to cover only such contents which are not commercially viable or interesting for mass audiences, such as educational, religious and minority programmes, as well as educational children programmes (see, for example, ACT 2009). Despite this long-standing campaign, the supporters of the public service broadcasting have at least until today been successful in defending the basic ideals of the public service broadcasting, with political reference to the Amsterdam Protocol.

Historically, we can discern three different dimensions in the relationship between the media and democracy: political, economic and cultural. Most research has concentrated on the political dimension; however, today the dimensions are ever more difficult to separate from each other. In what follows, we will first discuss these dimensions one by one, and then we will create a general overview of the field.

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