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Conceptualizations and Constructions of Values, Identities, and Roles of Public Service Media Through the Lenses of the Czech PSM Journalists and Managers

SMEJKAL, Klára and Iveta JANSOVÁ

Basic information

Original name

Conceptualizations and Constructions of Values, Identities, and Roles of Public Service Media Through the Lenses of the Czech PSM Journalists and Managers

Authors

SMEJKAL, Klára (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Iveta JANSOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

ECREA Journalism Studies Section Conference 2024, Sheffield, United Kingdom, 2024

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

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

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Keywords in English

public service media; journalists; managers; audiences; Czech Republic

Tags

International impact
Změněno: 2/10/2024 09:47, Mgr. Klára Smejkal

Abstract

V originále

This paper addresses the question of normativity vs. reality clash through a study conducted in the Czech Republic, drawing on at least twenty semi-structured interviews with journalists and managers working for Czech public service media (i.e. Czech Television or Czech Radio). The aim of the research was to find out how journalists and managers themselves see the value of PSM in today's world, what are their opinions of the PSM's current performance in the context of normative ideals, and what they see as the main opportunities and threats in the near future. In our paper, we focus on how our communication partners described and explained their own conceptualizations and perceptions of identities (PSM but also audiences), values, and roles that emerge in the context of public service media. All that to explore how their perceptions (personal experiences, biases, etc.) differ from normative expectations defined by existing legal and academic frameworks.

Links

GA22-30563S, research and development project
Name: Re-konceptualizace role českých médií veřejné služby: očekávání, výzvy a příležitosti
Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Rethinking the Role of Czech Public Service Media: Expectations, Challenges, and Opportunities