culture industries and other industries definition:

companies that make culture such as films, posters, radio and everything that is creative industries. Other industries are companies that make stuff, such as pencils etc.

Culture, communications and political economy

Peter Golding and Graham Murdock

Public service broadcasting

One way to think about national television, which seems to connect all 3 (pairs of) case studies for this CSP is the notion of Public Service Broadcasting.

What is it?

Public service broadcasting consists of television and radio programmes supplied by an official or government organization for everyone, rather than by a commercial company. Not for a profit.

Are the BBC and C4 unique examples of PSB?

The public service broadcasters are those providing Channel 3 services, Channel 4, Channel 5, S4C and the BBC.

What’s good about it?

Public Service Broadcasting also creates a distinct civic value through empowering the public to participate in democratic processes, by informing individuals about the world around them, raising awareness of issues that affect their lives and communities, and fostering audiences’ sense of their own place in public.

Inform, create and entertain.