IAPMR@Dialogues is an ongoing webinar series of the International Association of Public Media Researchers. Please join us for the inaugural webinars this Fall! Register for one or for all, here: https://forms.gle/iJSUdtcUopdovtHo6 Tuesday 26 October 1600-1800 CET: Prof Lizzie Jackson (London South Bank University) Bricolage & Fluidity: Towards 'Post Channel' PSM? - With commentary by Madiana Asseraf-Jacob, Head of Business Development & Young Audiences, European Broadcasting Union, and Vilde Schanke Sundet, University of Oslo Young people, the ‘Youth, Media and Culture Network’ and others argue, think in terms of media universes not television and radio channels. Such media landscapes are composed of linked ‘bricolage’ blending professional and publicly-generated content. Such media environments are particularly attractive to Generation Z but also younger audiences. These are the future stakeholders of Public Service Media, however, their recognition of PSM is low. What ARE media universes, and what might a PSM who is making such content and/or environments look like? Evidence from Glowaki and Jackson (2019) suggests a more fluid, entrepreneurial, structure and culture is required. However, is it possible to power such media landscapes without radically changing the internal structure of PSM? *** Thursday 4 November 1500-1700 CET: Prof Karen Donders (VRT / Vrije Universiteit Brussel) Building Bridges: PSM law, theory and practice – With commentary by Anette Alen-Savikko (University of Helsinki, Faculty of Law), Hilde van den Bulck (Drexel University), and Klaus Unterberger (ORF). Donders and the commentators will discuss the practices of Public Service Media across Europe, including the rules that govern Public Service Media at both the EU and the National Member State level, common trends initiated by both the European Commission and individual countries, and the context-dependent development of Public Service Media. They will also explore challenges to the theories of Public Service Broadcasting which have developed an ideal-type public broadcaster based on the well-funded BBC in an atypical media market. Seeking to further explore the actual practices of Public Service Media and make recommendations for the development of more sustainable policies, this webinar will highlight case studies of rules and practices from across a variety of EU Member States to consider the extent to which public broadcasters are making the transition to public media. The event is based on Donders’ award-winning new book: https://www.routledge.com/Public-Service-Media-in-Europe-Law-Theory-and-Prac... *** Monday 29 November 1600-1830 CET: Prof Christian Fuchs (U. of Westminster) The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere and Public Service Media in the Age of Digital Capitalism and COVID-19 - Respondent: Prof. Slavko Splichal, University of Ljubljana The German original of Jürgen Habermas’ book The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere was published nearly 60 years ago. Christian Fuchs takes this anniversary as an occasion to outline some foundations of an empirically grounded critical theory of the public sphere in 21st-century society. He will discuss theoretical foundations and present the results of empirical research on the digital public sphere. He will give special attention to digital capitalism, COVID-19, public service media, and the Internet as aspects of the 21st-century transformation of the public sphere. The talk will give particular attention to the power of the digital giants such as Google and Facebook, digital advertising, influencer capitalism, labor in the COVID-19 pandemic, digital authoritarianism and digital fascism, the spread of “fake news” and anti-vaccination conspiracy theories in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fuchs will stress the importance of strengthening public service media and creating a public service Internet as ways for advancing and defending the democratic public sphere, which requires guaranteeing the latter’s independence from corporate, state, and ideological power. He will talk about the Public Service Media and Public Service Internet Manifesto (see: http://bit.ly/psmmanifesto <https://bit.ly/psmmanifesto?fbclid=IwAR19gGcVgr6QSnZUh4QlvRA0ANdYrulewDMjotolDQrN9aygkHPXYjO4Cqg>) that demands safeguarding the independence and funding of PSM and the creation of a Public Service Internet. Register for one or for all webinars, here: https://forms.gle/iJSUdtcUopdovtHo6 -- Dr. Minna Aslama Horowitz @aslama https://minnahorowitz.net/