¿Qué Hemos Aprendido sobre la Radiodifusión de Servicio Público en el Mundo? Una Revisión Sistemática de la Literatura y Sugerencias para Investigaciones Futuras

Tania Lestón-Huerta; Manuel Goyanes; Barbara Mazza

doi:10.4185/RLCS-2020-1489

Authors

Tania Lestón-Huerta Carlos III University
Manuel Goyanes Carlos III University
Barbara Mazza University of Rome

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4185/RLCS-2020-1489

Abstract

This study provides a review of the literature published on Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) between the years 2009 and 2019. In total, 232 articles were obtained following a literature search of five databases (Scopus, Web of Science Core Collection, ProQuest, Academic Search Ultimate, and Google Scholar), of which seventy-eight were deemed relevant, based on the study criteria. The article summarizes the objects of study, settings under analysis, methodological approaches, and principal thematic patterns of extant research, providing a critical assessment of the main findings and research directions. Based on this thematic summary, the study offers suggestions on how to move forward and identify some of the main challenges and limitations on this area of inquiry.

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Author Biographies

Tania Lestón-Huerta, Carlos III University

Tania Lestón-Huerta is a Master Student of Communication Sciences at Carlos III University in Madrid and her main interests are in new media platforms and sociology of communication sciences. Her latest research activity is concerned with social networking sites and users’ behaviour patterns.

Manuel Goyanes, Carlos III University

Manuel Goyanes, PhD, Manuel Goyanes, PhD, teaches at Carlos III University in Madrid and his main interests are in media management and sociology of communication sciences. He has written about leadership, news overload and business models. He is the author of Desafío a la Investigación Estándar en Comunicación. Crítica y Alternativas, Editorial UOC

Barbara Mazza, University of Rome

Barbara Mazza, Associate professor and President of master's degree in Organization and Marketing for Business Communication at the Sapienza University. She is the local coordinator of several research projects at national and international level, and a member of IRNIST, International Research Network in Sport Tourism. The most of her recent publications are on the topics of business communication.

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