Sylvia Harvey University of Leeds Once every ten years or so the British Broadcasting Corporation faces an existential crisis. Without its Royal Charter it has no right to exist, to broadcast or to receive funds. The Privy Council, a pre-democratic body that advises the Monarch, manages the process of awarding and renewing Charters. In the …Continue Reading
Tom O’Malley Aberystwyth University and National Council CPBF In July the Minister responsible for broadcasting, John Whittingdale, launched a consultation on the future of the BBC that ends on 8th October1. The BBC’s Director General, Tony Hall, spent the spring and summer making speeches laying out his vision for the Corporation. The issues at stake …Continue Reading
Einar Thorsen Bournemouth University The BBC Charter Review and associated Green Paper represent one of – if not the most – serious attack on old Auntie throughout her 90+ year history. The right-wing Conservative Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, John Whittingdale, is of course an outspoken critic of the BBC – having previously cast …Continue Reading
Three-D, issue 25 (PDF, 3.3 Mb) In this issue: 1 Time to save the BBC: make your voice heard (Einar Thorsen) BBC Green Paper 2 BBC Charter Review: how to respond (Tom O’Malley) 3 Actions not words (Sylvia Harvey) 4 BBC Charter Review (Jonathan Hardy) 5 Mitigating the damage of a vengeful govt. (Steven Barnett) …Continue Reading
The Government is currently consulting about its Green Paper on the BBC Charter Review. This Charter Review signals the most serious challenge to the purposes and funding of the BBC in a generation. Whatever your views on the future funding, scope and purpose of the BBC, as teachers and researchers in the field we encourage you to make sure your …Continue Reading
The next Annual MeCCSA Conference will be held 6-8 January 2016 in Canterbury, UK. The theme of the MeCCSA 2016 is ‘Communities’. Keynote speakers and panel streams will be dedicated to this theme, but we welcome papers and presentations on other topics and perspectives. Please see Call for papers for details. Deadline for proposals is 8 September …Continue Reading
6-8 January 2016 Canterbury Christ Church University Theme: Communities Deadline for proposals: 8 September 2015 22 September 2015 We are pleased to invite you to submit abstracts, panel proposals and posters for the next Annual MeCCSA Conference, to be held 6-8 January 2016 at the School of Media, Art and Design, Canterbury Christ Church University. The theme …Continue Reading
Einar Thorsen Bournemouth University Three debates, two debates, none? The pre-campaign buzz has been consumed with a farsical confusion about the televised leaders’ debates: who should debate, when, and how many times?! By the time you read this the permeautation will no doubt have changed again, but the debacle has at least contributed to extending …Continue Reading
Jamie Medhurst Aberystwyth University The Welsh historian, John Davies, who sadly passed away last month, once wrote that Wales was an artefact created by broadcasting. Whilst space precludes a discussion of this notion, broadcasting, its place in Welsh society and its future in Wales is currently a topic of debate and scrutiny amongst academics, the …Continue Reading
Heather Savigny Bournemouth University Harriet Harman has wheeled out a ‘pink’ bus in an effort to attract ‘the female vote’. The photo op is a standard tactic in contemporary politicians’ media management strategising. But election coverage isn’t only about photo opportunities. It is about the way in which the media choose to present such coverage. …Continue Reading
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