Accountability and platforms' governance
The case of online prominence of public service media content
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22022609 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Krisztina Rozgonyi (0000-0002-6318-4340, Austrian Academy of Sciences, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2023-10-26 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Internet Policy Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2197-6775 • E-ISSN: 2197-6775 |
| Publisher | Internet Policy Review, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14763/2023.4.1723 |
| OpenAlex | W4388023669 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 25 |
Public discourse has moved online, enabled by platforms, which in the context of information and media content have become an essential source, access point and key distributor of information. Public Service Media (PSM) - the 'basic information service provider' with a special mandate from the state - increasingly relies on platforms under the universality principle to reach out and interact with the broadest range of their audiences. However, control over PSM content dissemination and audience engagement is primarily determined by the private interest-ruled platforms via algorithmic recommendation systems (content curation) and according to their terms and conditions (community standards). This paper addresses the necessity and possibilities of safeguards for PSM content delivery on digital online platforms as an issue of media pluralism. Actual or potential policy interventions for the preferential treatment of public value content, aka due prominence online, were studied through the analytical lens of accountability in its interaction with platforms and PSM performance. Finally, the analyses on the appropriateness of the current accountability regimes for achieving pluralism objectives laid out recommendations for future policy for public-interest-driven platform governance
Accountability · Business · Corporate governance · Internet privacy · Political science · Public relations · Public service · Computer Science · E-Government and Public Services · Privacy, Security, and Data Protection · Social Media and Politics · Finance · Marketing
Analysing and Assessing Accountability
The Sage Handbook of Social Media
The Political Power of Platforms
Automated Trouble
How Public Service Media Disinformation Shapes Hungarian Public Discourse
Exposure diversity as a design principle for recommender systems
Broadcasters and Citizens in Europe
The Oxford Handbook of Public Accountability
Exporting the Public Value Test
Online content governance
Exposure Diversity Reconsidered
Media Governance
The value of public service media
Mapping accountability
Taking the public service remit forward across the digital boundary
Public Service Media in a Digital Media Environment
Public service media as drivers of innovation
| Citations per year | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |