04032nam a22005415i 4500 978-3-031-67814-1 DE-He213 20251030113242.0 cr nn 008mamaa 241024s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031678141 978-3-031-67814-1 10.1007/978-3-031-67814-1 doi HE1-9900 P87-96 KNT bicssc BUS070060 bisacsh KNT thema Gunter, Barrie. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The BBC and the Public [electronic resource] / by Barrie Gunter. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. V, 243 p. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda 1.-What are the Challenges Facing the BBC?.-2.-How Much is the BBC Still Used?.-3.-Does the BBC Meet the Public’s Tastes and Interests? -- 4.-How Important is the BBC as a News Source? -- 5.-How Does the Public Value the BBC?.-6.-How Should the BBC Be Funded?.-7.-How is the BBC Regarded Around the World?.-8.-Does the BBC’s Internal Culture Need to Change?.-9.-What Future for the BBC?. This book examines the relationship between the public and the BBC in terms of public use of the BBC and their attitudes towards it. These audience research measures are being used as metrics to assess the value of the BBC to the UK public. Some of the attitudinal measures address perceptions of the BBC’s outputs and some examine public views about the way the BBC is funded and managed. The book has been written at a time when the BBC reached its centenary and also the mid-point of its latest Royal Charter period. At the time of writing, the government had begun a mid-term review of its performance as judged by its attainment of objectives set out in that Charter. The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport at the time of the mid-term review had spoken and written openly about abolishing the TV licence fee and the introduction of a new funding model for the BBC that would be implemented in its new Royal Charter due to be enacted in 2027. Against this backdrop, this book examines public opinion about the funding of the BBC and then looks at changing media consumption habits and how these have affected patronage of the BBC’s outputs. “Ultimately, a decision must be taken about the kind of national broadcaster the UK – both is government and its citizens – would like to keep in the future. Changing the funding model without first defining what the BBC should do and how it should be structured and resourced to do it could result in a messy solution that satisfies and benefits no one.” Barrie Gunter is an Emeritus Professor in Media at the University of Leicester, United Kingdom. A psychologist by training, he has published more than 80 books on a range of media, marketing, business, leisure and psychology topics. Communication and traffic. 67737 Ethnology Great Britain. 68605 Culture. 59159 Motion pictures Great Britain. 68020 Media Industries. 67740 British Culture. 68607 British Film and TV. 68023 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031678134 Printed edition: 9783031678158 Printed edition: 9783031678165 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-67814-1 ZDB-2-LCM ZDB-2-SXL 64438 64438