Public broadcasters, like the BBC and the Italian broadcaster
RAI, are some of the most important media organisations in the
world. Politicians are often tempted to interfere in the workings
of these broadcasters and when this happens, the results are highly
controversial, as both the Blair and Berlusconi governments have
discovered.
Public Broadcasting and Political Interference explains why some
broadcasters are good at resisting politicians? attempts at
interference, and have won a reputation for independence ? and why
other broadcasters have failed to do the same. It takes a
comparative approach of broadcasters in different countries,
including the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain and Sweden arguing
political independence for public service broadcasters is important
because of its contribution to democracy allowing voters
alternative sources of information which allow them to choose
between electoral alternatives.
The book will be of interest to be of interest to policy-makers,
scholars and students of political communication, broadcasting and
the media.
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