TY  - JOUR
AB  - This study compares the strategies and impact of six British activist groups, as documented in 1997, with data gathered on the same groups in 2000. These groups, Voice of the Listener and Viewer, Campaign for Quality Television, Deaf Broadcasting Council, Consumers Association, National Consumers Council and National Listeners and Viewers Association, attempted to build a public sphere for generating debate around and catalysing changes to broadcasting policies and programming. They were tracked in 2000 in order to identify those issues, relationships and groups that had endured. The research design provided a telescopic look at their interactions with their targets and with each other during a period of rapid technological and industry change. In a multichannel broadcasting environment where convergence and globalisation are buzzwords, activists used public relations to create a broader public forum for a wide range of significant issues with which to engage demographically, psychographically and geographically diverse publics. The ensuing media education, media advocacy and relationship building, although elite in origins, strengthened democratic discourse, thus reaffirming broadcasting’s invaluable role in civil society.
VL  - 7
IS  - 3
SN  - 1363-254X
DO  - 10.1108/13632540310807386
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/13632540310807386
AU  - Kovacs Rachel
PY  - 2003
Y1  - 2003/01/01
TI  - The broadcasting public sphere: Enduring issues, enduring relationships, enduring activists
T2  - Journal of Communication Management
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 209
EP  - 238
Y2  - 2024/09/23
ER  -