Public Service Broadcasting

Question 1

Give an example of PSB?

Answer 1

BBC

Question 2

What makes the BBC related to PSB?

Answer 2

It has no advertisements
It is not owned by the government
not profit making

Question 3

Who looks after the BBC?

Answer 3

Royal Charter

Question 4

What are the purposes of the BBC?

Answer 4

sustain citizenship and civil society
promote education/learning
stimulating creativity
representing the UK and bringing it to the world

Question 5

What did Karl Polanyi write about in ‘The Great Transformation’?

Answer 5

He wrote about ‘double movement’. The state must protect civil society from unadulterated imposition of the market, yet promote industry/economic growth. If the market controlled, it would be a ‘demolition of society’

Question 6

Who introduced the BBC to India?

Answer 6

Lionel Field

Question 7

Has the BBC always been PSB?

Answer 7

Not in WW2. It was used by the ministry of information to boost morale and to mock the nazi’s.

Question 8

What are the key principles of PSB?

Answer 8

technical coverage
inform, educate, entertain
goes to all interests and tastes
central to local, national and regional life
free from control and influence
investigative journalism

Question 9

Why is PSB possibly in decline in the USA?

Answer 9

Media ownership
Adverts
Political pressure
market fragmentation (dumbing down the audience)