
3 Feb 2025
Special Issue on Public Service Media in the Age of Platforms
A new special issue of Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, edited by Hanne Bruun, Catherine Johnson, Tim Raats, and Vilde Schanke Sundet, seeks to explore the challenges traditional PSM organisations are facing in audience retention, content production, and platform dependency. While much research has focused on the political and economic dimensions of platformisation, there remains a significant gap in comparative studies of the organisational practices and cultural outputs of PSM organisations worldwide. This special issue aims to address this gap by adopting a comparative lens.
The editors invite contributions that examine PSM through comparative methodologies, including cross-national studies, comparisons across policy, organisational practices, and cultural production, and mixed-method approaches. Submissions that go beyond Western-centric perspectives are especially encouraged.
Suggested Topics Include:
Comparative analysis of changing organisational cultures in PSM
PSM commissioning, publishing, and distribution practices in different contexts
Cross-platform and cross-national comparisons of PSM programming and content
Mixed-method approaches to understanding PSM policy, production, and texts
Theoretical and methodological innovations in comparative PSM research
Key Dates:
Abstract submission deadline: 4 April 2025 (500-750 words)
Notification of acceptance: 5 May 2025
Full article submission deadline: 22 September 2025
Researchers interested in contributing should submit their abstracts to PSMspecialissue@leeds.ac.uk. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to an urgent and timely discussion on the evolving role of PSM in the platform era.
Don't miss this opportunity to share your research!
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