[ecrea] new book: Public Service Broadcasting Online A Comparative European Policy Study of PSB 2.0

New book:

Public Service Broadcasting Online
A Comparative European Policy Study of PSB 2.0 (Palgrave Macmillan)
by Benedetta Brevini

Benedetta Brevini investigates the extent to which a Public Service 
Broadcasting (PSB) ethos has been extended to the online world in 
Europe. She examines the most significant policy initiatives carried out 
by PSBs in Europe on online platforms, and analyzes how the public 
service philosophy is being reinvented by policy makers (at both the 
national and European level), by PSB institutions and by their 
competitors. Brevini examines Denmark, France, Italy, Spain and the UK, 
where PSB has been the subject of landmark reforms that have changed its 
legal and policy frameworks. Concurrently, at the European level, the 
debate about the redefinition and expansion of PSB in the new media has 
been vigorous. As such, Brevini elaborates on and discusses a normative 
democratic framework for PSB online in Europe named 'PSB 2.0'. She 
argues that, if the online world is to be infused with the same public 
service ethos which characterizes traditional broadcasting, European 
policy makers and institutions need to understand that a reconfiguration 
of public service values and principles -- in other words, PSB 2.0 -- is 
becoming crucial.

More info about the book and table of contents:

http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=650491 
<http://www.palgraveconnect.com/pc/doifinder/10.1057/9781137295101>


'Public Service Broadcasting Online explains the rich and treasured 
legacies of, and current threats to, institutions that historically have 
been vital to a cultural and political sense of belonging and engagement 
among Europeans. By taking stock of and comparing a diverse range of 
European public service broadcasting (PSB) systems, Benedetta Brevini 
helps us understand the ongoing political stakes of the digital 
migration of PSB. More importantly, at a time when European governments 
of all kinds have fallen prey to the seductions and imperatives of 
neoliberal ideology and practice, the author offers invaluable guidance 
for preserving what is best about European public service media.' - 
Professor Andrew Calabrese, University of Colorado, USA

'Public service broadcasting was a visionary experiment that extended 
the social purpose of radio and television through the enabling role of 
the democratic state. Can the potential of the internet to serve the 
public be similarly extended through state intervention? What are the 
obstacles that lie in the way? For an innovative and scholarly answer, 
read this admirable book.'
- Professor James Curran, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK

Benedetta Brevini is Lecturer in Communication and Media at the 
University of Sydney, Australia. Previous academics appointments include 
lectureships at City University and Brunel University in London, UK. A 
media reformer and journalist, Dr Brevini has been working in Milan, New 
York and London for CNBC and RAI. Her co-edited book, Beyond WikiLeaks: 
Implications for the Future of Communications, Journalism & Society, was 
published in March 2013.

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DR BENEDETTA BREVINI
Lecturer **in Communication and Media *
Department of Media and Communications | Faculty of Arts and Social 
Sciences
*THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
**Visiting Fellow  | Centre for Law Justice and Journalism | City 
University London

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