Debunking public service?
During the last half of 2015, a number of Swedish publishing and broadcasting companies—Bonnier, Schibsted Sweden, Mittmedia, Bauer Group—agreed to fund and establish a national Public Service Broadcasting Commission. The purpose was to initiate a public debate about the behaviour and operation of Swedish public service broadcasters—in particular, how they affected the commercial media market, and generally, to discuss the role of national public service broadcasting in a networked media environment. I was a Commission member, and this article describes the background, debates and proposals put forward by the Commission.
”Debunking public service? Meta-academic and personal reflections from inside the Swedish Public Service Broadcasting Commission”, Mediekultur. Journal of media and communication research, vol. 32, no. 16, 2016.