"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." (Publisher description)
Introduction / Anis Rahman, 1
1 Public Media Initiatives in Bangladesh and South Asia: Politics and Prospects / Anis Rahman, 17
2 Public Service Broadcasting Structure and Performance in Morocco and the MENA Region / Bouziane Zaid, 37
3 Public Media Service in Mexico and Latin America: Recent Improvements and Future Challenges / José Antonio Brambila, 53
4 PSM Initiatives in the Southeast Asian Region: A Comparative Study between Malaysia and Indonesia / Roslina Abdul Latif & Badrul Redzuan Abu Hassan, 73
5 Taiwan Public Service Broadcasting: Devoted Professionalism, Representative Civil Society, and Weak Governance / Hamilton Chung-Ming Cheng & Yang Lee, 93
6 South Africa's Experience with Public Service Media / Nomonde Gongxeka, 113