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[ecrea] Public service media initiatives in the global south

Sun Jul 31 16:00:44 GMT 2016



It is a great pleasure to announce the publication of a new book in OPEN ACCESS formats with chapter contributions from scholars and practitioners from Bangladesh, Morocco, Mexico, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, and South Africa.
*PUBLIC SERVICE MEDIA INITIATIVES IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH *
Edited by Anis Rahman and Gregory Ferrell Lowe
Published by Simon Fraser University Library, Canada
Access here: http://monographs.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/sfulibrary/catalog/book/1
*CONTENTS:*
*Preface*, /Gregory Ferrell Lowe/
*Introduction*, /Anis Rahman/
Chapter 1, /Anis Rahman/
*Public Media Initiatives in Bangladesh and South Asia: Politics and Prospects*

Chapter 2, /Bouziane Zaid /
*Public Service Broadcasting Structure and Performance in Morocco and the MENA Region *
Chapter 3, /José Antonio Brambila/
*Public Media Service in Mexico and Latin America: Recent Improvements and Future Challenges*
Chapter 4, /Roslina Abdul Latif/ & /Badrul Redzuan Abu Hassan/
*PSM Initiatives in the Southeast Asian Region: A Comparative Study between Malaysia and Indonesia*
Chapter 5, /Hamilton Chung-Ming Cheng/ & /Yang Lee/
*Taiwan Public Service Broadcasting—Devoted Professionalism, Representative Civil Society, and Weak Governance*
Chapter 6, /Nomonde Gongxeka/
*South Africa’s Experience with Public Service Media *
"This volume counter-balances the heavy Western bias in the existing scholarship, which often laments the decline or crisis of public service media (PSM). Proceeding with both a theoretical and comparative sensibility, and centred on seven case studies from the global South, this book explores major challenges and opportunities for PSM. Refreshingly optimistic, it generates some surprising conclusions about the role of both the state and local communities in the performance and future of PSM in the distinctive cultural and political contexts of the South. It will be a valuable resource to media researchers, teachers, policymakers, practitioners, and anyone concerned with the prospects for democratic communication globally." -- *Robert A. Hackett <https://www.sfu.ca/communication/people/faculty/hackett.html>*, Professor of Communication, Simon Fraser University, Canada "This book makes an important and timely contribution to an increasingly global discourse on the meanings, values and roles of public service in media provision today. While acknowledging the significant contributions of the public service broadcasting heritage in the Global North in efforts to establish such provision in the Global South, the contributors explain why simple imitation is unlikely to ever work well enough across such a diverse range of countries and regions with crucial differences in their histories, languages, cultures and experiences. The substance demonstrates the crucial importance of socio-cultural and politico-historical context as the decisive issue to keep firmly in mind when devising policies to facilitate media practice in the public interest. The case countries are well selected to represent a cross-section of experiences in Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa, South Asia and southern Africa. The similarity of challenges is a particular interest, but equally the significant differences that signal the importance of adaptation to local and national conditions. The lessons highlighted in the introductory chapter merit fair consideration by policy-makers, scholars and researchers, and advocacy foundations with an interest to support the development of media as democratic institutions and democracy in practice." -- *Gregory Ferrell Lowe <http://www.uta.fi/cmt/en/contact/staff/greglowe/index.html>*, RIPE <http://ripeat.org/> Continuity Director, Professor of Media Management, School of Communication, Media & Theatre, University of Tampere, Finland "This book Understanding public service in today’s media environment requires analyses of its three basic characteristics. The most obvious is (the possibility of) digital multimedia presence beyond broadcasting. Another is the institutional remit and legitimization of public service in the era of abundant content and multiple avenues of access. The third characteristic is its nation-bound nature in global, borderless media markets. This collection of studies is an important and fresh contribution to the debates that address these three characteristics outside of the well-researched terrain of public service institutions in the Global North. This book continues the work of the Mapping Digital Media project of the Open Society Foundations, by providing invaluable and rare comparative outlooks, while deepening our understanding of public media in each featured country." -- *Minna Aslama Horowitz <http://www.stjohns.edu/academics/bio/minna-aslama-horowitz>*, PhD, Assistant Professor, International Communication, St. John's University, New York, USA



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