This study critically reviews scholarly debates on state aid for independent, professional
news journalism in the public interest, its funding models and principles, the market failure …

This unique text addresses the gap between journalism studies, which have tended to focus
on national and international news, and the fact that most journalism is practised at the local …

The democratic importance of journalism is related to public good aspects of media
products, as well as news media's positive externalities. Journalism of high quality helps …

Platform journalism in China shows a number of distinctive characteristics. This study
employs Tenenboim and Kligler-Vilenchik's concept of “meso news-space” and extends it …

Media policy schemes around the world are seemingly shifting character. As budgets for
direct subsidies are under increasing pressure, the role of indirect tools, such as tax …

Research has shown that the portrayal of ethnic communities in the media can benefit or
harm the groups in question. Thus, to counter stereotypical depictions or just establish their …

Government support for news media and journalism is an important instrument of public
media policy. Typically, it comes as direct grants for one-off projects or is allocated indirectly …

This contribution investigates how public funding of media can be reinterpreted to fit a
communication rights–based approach to media policy. To this end, it describes and …

This article delves into the strategies of different Chinese news organizations'(eg, state-
owned media, we-media, private news organizations) engagement with audiences in data …

Due to its function as a watchdog or fourth estate in democratic societies and a variety of
commercial challenges, policy-makers have undertaken initiatives to support the production …