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Public Broadcasters and Transnational Television: Coming to Terms with the New Media Order

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The close relationship between media and nation has been unravelling over the last two decades. The causes of this disjuncture are complex and include phenomena related to globalisation such as the increasing flow of capital, goods and people crossing borders. Change is also triggered by the unfolding information technology revolution that has further deepened integration between computing, telecommunications and electronic media (Castells, 1996; Forester, 1985). New technology involves a process of convergence between hitherto separate media platforms, the digitisation of broadcasting and satellite systems — making global communication networks more powerful and flexible — and the emergence of new digital media.

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  1. City University London, UK

    Petros Iosifidis (Reader in Media and Communications) (Reader in Media and Communications)

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Chalaby, J.K. (2010). Public Broadcasters and Transnational Television: Coming to Terms with the New Media Order. In: Iosifidis, P. (eds) Reinventing Public Service Communication. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230277113_9

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