[ecrea] LSE Symposium: The Future of Public Service Media in Europe

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LSE Media and Communications Department invites to a one-day symposium 
‘The Future of Public Service Media in Europe: Freedom, Independence and 
Media Relations with the State’ organised and supported by the Programme 
on Modern Poland 
<http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/research-centres/programme-modern-poland>, 
Collegium Civitas <http://www.civitas.edu.pl/en/>, theLSE Media Policy 
Projectand Polis.

*This symposium will take place in **Silverstone Room, LSE Tower 3on 
Friday 2 December 2016, from 10am to 6pm (please see below for more 
details). *The symposium will bring together scholars, policy-makers and 
regulators to discuss issues of political interference and economic 
pressures that continue to challenge the development of democratic media 
cultures in Europe.In European media tradition, public service media 
(PSM) has been considered vital to European democracy. With its main 
duty to serve the public interest, throughout the territory and for the 
whole of the population of the country in which it is established, PSM 
has provided balance and ensured that the needs of all minorities are 
met. Public service television makes news more accessible for the 
population, fosters higher news consumption and results in better 
knowledge of public affairs in the population.

Recent years have brought about new challenges to media landscapes 
across Europe. Pressures from the commercial broadcasting and declining 
audiences have been compounded by political and financial pressures that 
have come to question the very existence, role and purpose of public 
service broadcasting. Numerous violations of public service media 
values, including the encroachment on freedom of expression, 
information, media freedom and pluralism, have been reported across 
Europe. There is widespread involvement of governments in the 
deterioration of conditions in which media, including public service 
broadcasting, functions.

*_We will discuss the following questions:_*

  * How does PSM monitor and control the power holders on behalf the
    citizens?
  * How is PSM guaranteed independence from the government and other
    political forces that determine the life of others?
  * How does PSM provide space for critical and reasoned public debate?
  * How does PSM give voice to the citizens*, *create public opinion and
    guide the decision-makers and power holders to their actions?

Places are limited, please *RSVP to Nikola Belakova: **(n.belakova /at/ lse.ac.uk)*

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*/Symposium Information/*

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*Title: *The Future of Public Service Media in Europe: Freedom, 
Independence and Media Relations with the State

*Date: *Friday 2 December 2016

*Time: *10:00 – 18:00

*Venue: *TW3.7.01A 
<http://www.lse.ac.uk/mapsAndDirections/campusMap.pdf>_(_Silverstone 
Room) Department of Media and Communications, 7th Floor, LSE Tower 3 
(entrance from Tower 2), Clement’s Inn, Strand, London WC2A 2AZ

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_Programme_

*9:30-10:00 Coffee & Registration*

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*10:00-10:10 Welcome*

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*10:10-11:00 Paolo Mancini, University of Perugia, Italy *

/The Future of Public Service Media in Europe: an academic perspective/

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*11:00-12:30 Public Service Media in Europe in a comparative perspective *

 1. Damian Tambini, LSE, /Public Service Media and Independence from the
    State in Comparative Perspective/
 2. Des Freedman & Vana Goblot, Goldsmiths University, /The Future of
    Public Service Media in Britain/
 3. Raymond Kuhn, Queen Mary University, /The State and Public Service
    Media in France/

Chair: Charlie Beckett, Polis, LSE

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*12:30 -13:15 Lunch*

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*13:15-14:45 The Rise of Illiberal Democracies in Europe *

 1. Boguslawa Dobek-Ostrowska, Wroclaw University, /Media & Democracy in
    CEE 30 Years After Communism/
 2. Peter Bajomi-Lazar, CEU, /Market Imperfections and State
    Imperfections: The Case of Hungary/
 3. Stanislaw Mocek, Jacek Zakowski, Collegium Civitas & Eva Polonska,
    LSE, /Media-Politics Nexus in Poland: Implications for Public
    Service Broadcasting/

Chair: Monica Horten, LSE

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*14:45 -15:15 Coffee break*

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*15:15 -16:45 **The Rise of Illiberal Democracies in Europe II*

 1. Sally Broughton Micova, University of East Anglia, /The Legislative
    Machinations on PSB under New Authoritarianism/
 2. Petros Iosifidis, City University, /Greek ERT: State or Public
    Service Broadcaster?/
 3. Eva Polonska, LSE: /The EU and the Public Service Media in Europe/

Chair:Corinne Schweizer, LSE

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*16:45-17:00 Coffee break*

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*17:00-18:00 Ingrid Deltenre, Director General, European Broadcasting 
Union *

/The Future of Public Service Media in Europe: A Practitioner’s Perspective/



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