Reinventing Public Service Television for the Digital Future

Debrett, Mary

doi:10.2307/j.ctv36xvz1z

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“…I argue this is the role of one particular cultural institution, public service media. Public service media is legislatively required to provide innovative media and information delivery methods (Debrett, 2010;Hutchinson, 2013), which is somewhat different to the offering supplied by its commercial counterparts. Through increased media guidance, public service media is best placed to assist users to navigate the vast social media platforms on offer while keeping them abreast of the diverse aspects of news and information within our societies.…”

Section: Digital Intermediation and User Agencymentioning

confidence: 99%

Digital intermediation: Unseen infrastructures for cultural production

Hutchinson

2021

New Media & Society

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This article constructs a theoretical model of digital intermediation: a process of three key, and unseen, components for cultural production in our contemporary media environment. Digital intermediation is a content production and consumption process that incorporates the cultural characteristics of technologies, agencies and automation. First, the article describes the key components of digital intermediation that bring about the production and distribution of cultural artefacts. Second, the article describes digital intermediation as a process of production and consumption amid these three components. Third, the article articulates the problems digital intermediation creates by examining the loss of user agency over the production of and access to cultural artefacts. Finally, the article highlights how digital intermediation problems can be addressed by cultural institutions, specifically public service media, to shore up user agency within automated media environments.

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Section: Digital Intermediation and User Agencymentioning

confidence: 99%

Digital intermediation: Unseen infrastructures for cultural production

Hutchinson

2021

New Media & Society

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“…Diversity is an important part of the claim for U.S. public broadcasting, and documentary-particularly, social-issue documentary-has been key to serving that claim. Public broadcasting in the U.S. was created in stages starting in 1938, with a dramatic new commitment of federal tax dollars and incentives in 1967, to be a noncommercial alternative to commercial broadcasting (Author removed for anonymity, 2000; Engelman, 1996;Day, 1995;Debrett, 2010). The Carnegie Commission, the blueribbon group that laid the template for the service the law authorized, called for "excellence in the service of diversity" (Debrett, 2010: 142).…”

Section: Public Tv and Independent Documentarymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The relationship between independent filmmakers making social-issue programs and public broadcasting has inevitably been contentious, since programmers have little incentive or appetite for controversy or even for topics that may seem negative or depressing (Bullert, 1997: 142-144;Debrett, 2010). At the same time, the relationship has been productive.…”

Section: Public Tv and Independent Documentarymentioning

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Diversity on U.S. Public and Commercial TV in Authorial and Executive-Produced Social-Issue Documentaries

Chattoo

Aufderheide

Merrill

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Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media

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Where are diverse makers and subjects most likely to be found in U.S. TV documentary?This study compares commercial and public TV series, and also anthology formats ("authorial" series) and executive-produced formats. A content analysis for characters and makers showed that public TV authorial series are more diverse than either commercial or other public TV series. Executive-produced public TV does not show consistent commitment to diversity. Independent documentaries have diversity value both in commercial and public TV settings.

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“…In 1985, the Broadcasting Research Unit (BRU) constructed a list of the eight essential principles of public television in the UK, with universal accessibility standing out as the first and most important (Debrett, 2010). Indeed, the BBC itself understands that its mission is to act in the public interest, serving all audiences by providing impartial, high-quality, and distinctive output and services that inform, educate, and entertain (BBC, 2016).…”

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The accessibility of BBC television to users with disabilities: from the law to user satisfaction

García-Prieto

Aguaded

2021

EPI

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Universal accessibility to public television guarantees the fundamental right to receive media information and promotes social inclusion. British audiovisual regulations impose minimum quotas for subtitling, audio description, and sign language to make content more accessible to people with visual or hearing impairment. However, these minimum requirements do not ensure full user satisfaction. The aim of this study is to present a descriptive analysis of user satisfaction with the accessibility of BBC public television services, both linear and on demand, and collect the improvements demanded by users. The survey method was applied, interviewing 442 UK residents who were users of subtitles, audio description, and sign language, mostly people with disabilities or members of their families. The questionnaire also included qualitative questions to capture basic demands identified by the users. One of the main results is the need to improve the quality and synchrony of live subtitling, and to increase the fractions of programming with audio description and sign language. Moreover, beyond compliance with the law, it is essential to listen to the opinions of users with visual or hearing impairment to ensure that services fulfill their mission of guaranteeing audiovisual accessibility and promoting social inclusion.

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Reinventing Public Service Television for the Digital Future

Cited by 8 publications

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Digital intermediation: Unseen infrastructures for cultural production

Digital intermediation: Unseen infrastructures for cultural production

Diversity on U.S. Public and Commercial TV in Authorial and Executive-Produced Social-Issue Documentaries

The accessibility of BBC television to users with disabilities: from the law to user satisfaction

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