We are currently seeking submissions that address central issues and challenges affecting contemporary television including some of the following areas:

• The social and cultural purposes of television today.
• Changing production, consumption and distribution practices and indeed the very meaning of ‘television’ in a digital age.
• Funding and regulation of public service platforms and their content together with broader questions of regulation to secure public service across the UK TV landscape.
• The representation of UK citizens in the television landscape in terms of ethnicity, gender, nationality and class.
• The performance of specific public service genres, including current affairs, drama, news and sport.
• Reflections on ‘quality’ – does the UK still make ‘the best TV in the world’?
• The contribution of non-public service content providers to public service output.

 

Submission Guidelines

Format/length:

• Up to 2000 words
• A single document
• Formats include doc, docx, rtf, txt, but not PDF

Content:

• Identifies key problems of the specific topic related to the overall brief
• Highlights relevant research where possible
• Suggests 3 or 4 key recommendations to secure independent public service television

Please email your submissions to v.goblot@gold.ac.uk