Just in case you would like a free PDF of an article Tom Chivers and I co-wrote, “A public value typology for public service broadcasting in the UK,” published in Cultural Trends (Volume 33 Issue 2), it is now available here:

https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/2ERZQ5DQFXAZRSPQDWPW/full?target=10.1080/09548963.2022.2151340

Abstract

Rapid changes in audience habits, media technologies and marketdynamics have prompted searching questions about the role andrelevance of public service broadcasting (PSB) in the moderndigital media landscape. In the UK, where cultural policymaking isincreasingly politicised, the normative ideals traditionallyassociated with PSB are being openly contested. This articleevaluates how PSB generates varied forms of“public value”ofbenefit to viewing and listening publics, policy stakeholders andthe creative sector. On the basis of its qualitative analysis ofpolicy documents and related research literatures over twodecades, a typology of six values–social, cultural, economic,industrial, representational and civic–is identified and critiquedacross regulatory and institutional frameworks. In assessing thechallenges, risks and opportunities for sustaining these publicvalues, this article offers its typology for informing cultural andmedia policy debates on the future of PSB in the UK and beyond.