Output details
36 - Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Library and Information Management
Brunel University London
Title or brief description
An uncertain future: The threat to current affairs
Type
N - Research report for external body
DOI
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Commissioning body
International Broadcasting Trust
Year
2013
URL
Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
Commissioned by the International Broadcasting Trust (IBT). This report plays a major role in current political debate over deregulation in the media and the role of quality television in citizenship. It is an analysis of the role regulation played in the fortunes of Current Affairs broadcast journalism since the launch of BBC TV. It includes 32 primary interviews with all leading industry names. Commissioned in advance of the new Communications Act, it was distributed to both Houses Culture Select Committees and to DCMS. It led to becoming evidence to various inquiries into media regulation, and the future of the BBC.
Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
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Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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