*NEW EDITED BOOK * * * *Iosifidis, Petros (ed.) (2010*) /Reinventing Public Service Communication: European Broadcasters and Beyond, /London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN: 978-0-230-22967-9, ISBN10: 0-230-22967-0. *_ _* *_Brief description_**:* This edited collection addresses one of the most challenging debates in contemporary media studies: the transition of the traditional Public Service Broadcasters (PSBs) into Public Service Media (PSM) - that is, widening their remit to be available in more delivery platforms for producing & distributing public service content. *_Endorsers_**:* *Eli Noam* (Columbia University), * Cees Hamelink* (University of Amsterdam) and *Daya Thussu* (University of Westminster).** * * *LIST OF CONTENTS* * * Foreword (*Carole Tongue*) Introduction (*Iosifidis*) PART I Chapter 1 PSB 3.0: Re-inventing European PSB (*Jakubowicz*) Chapter 2 Pluralism and Funding of Public Service Broadcasting across Europe (*Iosifidis*) Chapter 3 *EU Broadcasting Governance and PSB: Between a Rock * *and a Hard Place* (*Michalis*) Chapter 4 The European Union’s Competition Directorate: State Aids and Public Service Broadcasting (*Wheeler*) Chapter 5 PSB and the European Public Sphere (*Thomas*) Chapter 6 Civic Engagement and Elite Decision-Making in Europe: Reconfiguring Public Service News (*Corcoran*) Chapter 7 For Culture and Democracy: Political Claims for Cosmopolitan Public Service Media (*Sarikakis*) Chapter 8 Public Broadcasters and Transnational Broadcasting: Coming to Terms with the new Media Order (*Chalaby*) Chapter 9 Public Service Media and Children: Serving the Digital Citizens of the Future (*D’Arma and Steemers*) Chapter 10 Heritage Brand Management in Public Service Broadcasting (*Lowe and Palokangas*) PART II Chapter 11 The BBC and UK Public Service Broadcasting (*Tunstall*) Chapter 12 France: Presidential Assault on the Public Service (*Kuhn*) ** Chapter 13 Public Service Broadcasting in Germany: Stumbling Blocks on The Digital Highway (*Woldt*) Chapter 14 Public Service Communication in Italy: Challenges and Opportunities (*Padovani*) Chapter 15 Spanish Public Service Media on the Verge of a New Era (*León*) Chapter 16 Squeezed and Uneasy: PSM in Small States: Limited Media Governance Options in Switzerland and Austria (*Trapel*) Chapter 17 The ‘State’ of ‘Public’ Broadcasting in Greece (*Papathanassopoulos*) Chapter 18 Public Service Broadcasting in Poland: Between Politics and Market (*Stepka*) Chapter 19 From ‘State Broadcasting’ to ‘Public Service Media’ In Hungary (*Lengyel*) Chapter 20 Future Directions for US Public Service Media (*Baer*) Chapter 21 Identity Housekeeping in Canadian Public Service Media (*Savage*) Chapter 22 Public Service Media in Australia: Governing Diversity (*Hawkins*) Chapter 23 New Zealand on Air, Public Service Television and TV Drama (*Dunlea**vy*) * * Bibliography Index -------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Petros Iosifidis Reader in Media and Communications Department of Sociology School of Social Sciences City University London Northampton Square London EC1V 0HB Tel. 0044 207 040 8538 Email. [log in to unmask] Web page: http://www.city.ac.uk/sociology/staffdetails/Iosifidis.html Books Editor: International Journal of Digital Television, published by Intellect