[FoME] New publication: In the Service of the Public – Functions and Transformation of Media in Developing Countries

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DW Akademie 
New publication: In the Service of the Public -- Functions and 
Transformation of Media in Developing Countries

EDITION DW AKADEMIE, #02/2014, 300 p.

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The study “In the Service of the Public” analyses the transformation 
process of state broadcasters towards Public Service Media (PSM). The aim 
is to find out whether former government mouthpieces can actually be 
turned into media that operate on behalf of the people in their country. 
The analysis reveals that positive developments are possible – in a small 
number of cases successful transformations have been achieved. 
On top of this alternatives to PSM are taken into consideration: private 
and community media that operate in the service of the public. Overall 
case studies from twelve developing countries and emerging economies are 
presented: Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Namibia, Mongolia, Moldova, Myanmar, 
Serbia, Nigeria, Nepal, Bolivia, Colombia and Ecuador. The study assesses 
the role media development actors play in this field and gives an overview 
of the achievements of the practical work conducted by DW Akademie and 
other organizations. It turns out that some of the challenges of 
transformation processes in the past have been related to media 
development actors and their donors themselves. Only in few cases they 
have engaged in serious organizational development, and more efforts need 
to be directed towards the improvement of legal frameworks for the media 
in general and PSM in particular.

Edition DW Akademie #02/2014
In the Service of the Public – Functions and Transformation of Media in 
Developing Countries
Responsible: Christian Gramsch
Bonn 2014; 300 pages

This publication is funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic 
Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

Available for download under www.dw-akademie.de
Available for download on ISSUU

Interview with Jan Lublinski, Project Manager and Editor of "In the 
Service of the Public" (in German).

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