Detailed Information on Publication Record
2023
Arguing About the Essence of Public Service in Public Service Media : A Case Study of a Newsroom Conflict at Slovak RTVS
URBÁNIKOVÁ, MarínaBasic information
Original name
Arguing About the Essence of Public Service in Public Service Media : A Case Study of a Newsroom Conflict at Slovak RTVS
Authors
URBÁNIKOVÁ, Marína (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution)
Edition
Journalism Studies, Abingdon, Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis, 2023, 1461-670X
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
50800 5.8 Media and communications
Country of publisher
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
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Impact factor
Impact factor: 3.000 in 2022
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14230/23:00134128
Organization unit
Faculty of Social Studies
UT WoS
000993233700001
Keywords in English
Newsroom conflict; objectivity; PSM mission; public service; public service media; RTVS; Slovakia
Tags
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International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 9/2/2024 15:17, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová
Abstract
V originále
Although it is generally acknowledged that the raison d'être for public service media (PSM) is to serve the public, there is much less agreement about what the term specifically means. This contribution, using a recent newsroom conflict at the Slovak public service broadcaster Radio and Television of Slovakia (RTVS) as a case study, explores how PSM journalists and managers perceive and interpret the essence of public service in PSM, how their interpretations differ from the academic and legal framework, how diverse the understanding of public service can be within one newsroom, and what consequences this variability can have for the functioning of that newsroom. It shows that the RTVS journalists’ and managers’ shared perception of PSM is closer to the market-failure perspective than to a more comprehensive democracy-centric perspective (Donders 2021). They construct PSM mainly as an antithesis to commercial media and see its value in the production of niche programmes and genres that are important, although not popular. Although they agreed in many aspects as to what public service obtains, the differences in the notion of objectivity and proper power distance were enough to cause permanent newsroom clashes and struggles, and eventually contributed to a significant staff turnover.
Links
| GA22-30563S, research and development project |
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