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2017 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

7. Problematizing the Public, Citizens and Consumers

Author : Simon Dawes

Published in: British Broadcasting and the Public-Private Dichotomy

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This chapter analyses the long-term construction of the broadcasting public in UK regulatory discourse. More recent focus on Ofcom’s dual responsibility to citizens and consumers will be discussed in light of much earlier debates on, for instance, the distinction between what the public want, and the what broadcasters believe they (should) want, or between what interests the public and what is in the public interest.

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Metadata
Title
Problematizing the Public, Citizens and Consumers
Author
Simon Dawes
Copyright Year
2017
Book
British Broadcasting and the Public-Private Dichotomy

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-50096-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-50097-3

Copyright Year: 2017

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50097-3_7