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The ownership and funding of media organisations inevitably affects what news we receive everyday. But is public or private ownership better? Looking at how news is constructed in different contexts under public and commercial models, this book uses global comparative examples to give a topical insight into the world of broadcasting today.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• List of tables (p. viii)
• Acknowledgements (p. xii)
• Introduction (p. 1)
• Introduction (p. 1)
• Crisis in public service media? The commercialization of the media industries (p. 3)
• Understanding media systems and internationally comparative research: towards a comprehensive review of empirical news studies (p. 7)
• Chapter-by-chapter outline (p. 13)
• 1 The philosophy and economics of different broadcast models: how do funding models and regulatory frameworks shape the democratic value of news? (p. 17)
• Introduction (p. 17)
• The philosophy and economics of broadcasting: defining the theory and practice of public service media (p. 18)
• Impartiality and regulatory bodies: shaping the production of broadcast journalism (p. 28)
• Post-broadcasting future? Building and regulating online public service news media in the digital age (p. 36)
• 2 Journalism cultures and public service ethics: evaluating the democratic value of news (p. 43)
• Introduction (p. 43)
• News, professional journalism and public service ethics: beyond the enforcement of top-down regulation (p. 45)
• Journalism, news values and informed citizenship: understanding the democratic value of news (p. 49)
• Towards a healthy democratic news culture? Interpreting pluralism in information-rich societies (p. 54)
• Measuring the democratic value of news: the methodological tools behind empirical studies (p. 58)
• 3 Reflecting a "window on the world"? Reporting local, national and international news (p. 62)
• Introduction (p. 62)
• The balance of "soft" and "hard" news on competing media systems: longitudinal trends in an era of deregulation and commercialization (p. 64)
• Contemporary news values: which stories typically make and shape agendas on public and market-driven media systems? (p. 73)
• A "window on the world"? Comparing local, national and international news on different media systems (p. 80)
• The democratic promise of the Internet: have public or market-driven media systems internationalized their news agendas or embraced citizen journalism in the online era? (p. 86)
• Conclusions (p. 89)
• 4 Making sense of elections: the journalistic conventions and practices of campaign reporting (p. 93)
• Introduction (p. 93)
• The contemporary nature of election coverage: comparing how politics is framed on competing media systems (p. 98)
• Old politics, new media: exploring the differences in public and market-driven reporting of the televised leaders' debates and elections online (p. 109)
• Beyond national news and presidential/prime ministerial campaigns: comparing coverage of "second order elections" on competing media systems (p. 115)
• Conclusions (p. 121)
• 5 Between patriotism and independence: the politics of reporting wars and conflicts (p. 125)
• Introduction (p. 125)
• Making sense of conflict and terrorism: the framing of post-9/11 and subsequent wars on public and market-driven media systems (p. 128)
• Reporting the war in Iraq: making sense of global news nationally on competing media systems (p. 134)
• A threat to impartiality? How embedded journalists on different media systems reported the 2003 war in Iraq (p. 142)
• Conclusions (p. 147)
• 6 Adapting to the 24/7 environment of journalism: the evolution and development of rolling news channels (p. 150)
• Introduction (p. 150)
• The commercial dominance of rolling journalism: drawing an empirical map of commercial and public service 24-hour news channels (p. 154)
• Global 24-hour news warfare: comparing the "windows on the world" of competing media systems (p. 162)
• Branding "fair and balanced" journalism: how have public and market-driven rolling news channels evolved around the world? (p. 167)
• The rise of live and "breaking news" coverage: does the need for speed compromise the quality of journalism on different media systems? (p. 172)
• Conclusions (p. 178)
• 7 Protecting the democratic value of news: why public service media matter (p. 182)
• Introduction (p. 182)
• The impact of different media systems: comparing empirical studies of public knowledge, civic participation and audience trust (p. 182)
• The systemic impact of public service values: upholding editorial standards in an increasingly commercialized media landscape (p. 192)
• Market power, journalism and impartiality: the production of news in an increasingly deregulated environment (p. 196)
• Safeguarding editorial independence: how public service values inform audience trust and engagement (p. 199)
• From normative values to empirical judgements: why public service media matter (p. 203)
• Notes (p. 207)
• Bibliography (p. 210)
• Index (p. 235)