Public Broadcasting Service in the United Kingdom: Policy Change and Europeanization (1979-2010)
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https://doi.org/10.24965/gapp.v0i6.9945Keywords:
Public service broadcasting television, policy change, European integration dynamics, europeanization, United Kingdom, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)Abstract
Considering the weight of history –i.e. policy continuity and stability– this article analyses change of public service broadcasting (PSB) policies in European political systems. This analysis focuses on PSB television policies implemented by the BBC. The United Kingdom’s case is relevant because the BBC is a global paradigm of PSB independence and self-regulation and it has been traditionally a model and engine for PSB television policy change in both European Union Member States and the global sphere. An original combination of theories and concepts for change analysis within the predecision stage of the policy-making process –problem definition and agenda-setting processes–, along with the necessary introduction of the europeanization of public policy approach as a methodological challenge to the study of change, let us complete British political system dynamics from 1979 to 2010. This research period has been selected because the BBC public service broadcasting has experienced the deepest changes in history, including those where the European integration process could have had an impact.
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