Challenges and Developments in Public Service Journalism
London: University of Westminster (2025), xi, 297 pp.
ISBN 978-1-915445-62-9 (ebook); 978- 1- 915445- 60- 5 (pbk)
"Challenges and Developments in Public Service Journalism, the 11th RIPE Reader, examines the role of public service journalism, as well as the opportunities and challenges of delivering it in today's increasingly complex and competitive digital media environment. The volume is organised in three parts: 'Normative frameworks'; 'Platform Power, Artificial Intelligence and Public Service Journalism'; and 'National and Regional Cases' in Europe and beyond - especially Africa, Asia and India. The book addresses the formidable challenges facing public service journalism in the digital media ecology and provides rich and insightful analyses based on empirical research with findings that are relevant for policy interventions, developing organisational strategy, and for applied practice." (Publisher description)
1 Public Service Journalism in Digital Markets / Alessandro D’arma, Maria Michalis, Gregory Ferrell Lowe, and Michael-Bernhard Zita, 1
PART I: NORMATIVE FRAMEWORKS
2 Updating the Classics: the Roles and Principles of Public Service Journalism in the Digital Era / Marko Milosavljević, Marína Urbániková, 25
3 Digital Citizenship in the Middle East: The Tension Between Normative and Radical Approaches to Public Service / Eddy Borges- Rey, Malek Al Manaa, 47
4 Public Service Media in the Platform Era: The Struggle to Stay News-Relevant / Marius Dragomir, 72
PART II: PLATFORM POWER, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AND PUBLIC SERVICE JOURNALISM
5 Defining Waat’s News: Digital Platforms and the Labelling of Public Service Media Outlets / Philip M Napoli, 99
6 Opportunities and Challenges of Artificial Intelligence in Public Media Journalism / Anis Rahman, 122
7 Power Asymmetries in Public Service Journalism: Artificial Intelligence and the Intelligibility–Agency Problem / Bronwyn Jones, Rhianne Jones, Ewa Luger, 148
PART III: NATIONAL AND REGIONAL CASE STUDIES
8 Public Service Media in the Crosshairs: National Policymaking Process, the EU Competition Regulation, and the Case of Yle’s Text-Based News Content / Marko Ala-Fossi, Jockum Hildén, Minna Horowitz, Kari Karppinen, Riku Neuvonen, Hannu Nieminen, 175
9 Big Tech Platforms and News and Information Provision in Africa: An Assessment of Policy and Regulatory Challenges For Public Broadcasters / Kobina Ano Bedu- Addo, 197
10 Digital Opportunity and State Authority: The Case of Doordashan News in the Provision of Public Service Journalism / Madhavi Ravikumar and Shuaib Shafi, 227
11 Persistent Challenges for Public Service Journalism in Greece in the Platformised Era / Achilleas Karadimitriou, 250
Postface / Dorien Verckist, 277
PART I: NORMATIVE FRAMEWORKS
2 Updating the Classics: the Roles and Principles of Public Service Journalism in the Digital Era / Marko Milosavljević, Marína Urbániková, 25
3 Digital Citizenship in the Middle East: The Tension Between Normative and Radical Approaches to Public Service / Eddy Borges- Rey, Malek Al Manaa, 47
4 Public Service Media in the Platform Era: The Struggle to Stay News-Relevant / Marius Dragomir, 72
PART II: PLATFORM POWER, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AND PUBLIC SERVICE JOURNALISM
5 Defining Waat’s News: Digital Platforms and the Labelling of Public Service Media Outlets / Philip M Napoli, 99
6 Opportunities and Challenges of Artificial Intelligence in Public Media Journalism / Anis Rahman, 122
7 Power Asymmetries in Public Service Journalism: Artificial Intelligence and the Intelligibility–Agency Problem / Bronwyn Jones, Rhianne Jones, Ewa Luger, 148
PART III: NATIONAL AND REGIONAL CASE STUDIES
8 Public Service Media in the Crosshairs: National Policymaking Process, the EU Competition Regulation, and the Case of Yle’s Text-Based News Content / Marko Ala-Fossi, Jockum Hildén, Minna Horowitz, Kari Karppinen, Riku Neuvonen, Hannu Nieminen, 175
9 Big Tech Platforms and News and Information Provision in Africa: An Assessment of Policy and Regulatory Challenges For Public Broadcasters / Kobina Ano Bedu- Addo, 197
10 Digital Opportunity and State Authority: The Case of Doordashan News in the Provision of Public Service Journalism / Madhavi Ravikumar and Shuaib Shafi, 227
11 Persistent Challenges for Public Service Journalism in Greece in the Platformised Era / Achilleas Karadimitriou, 250
Postface / Dorien Verckist, 277
