On shaky ground: the BBC in a post-consensus age
This article reflects on the BBC’s role in (re)shaping a hegemonic agenda consensus and offers a radical appraisal of its public service performance at a time of unprecedented political upheaval in the UK. It draws on a recent case study to suggest that the BBC’s overarching lean towards an elite an...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2017 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universidad de Sevilla (US) |
| Repository: | idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:idus.us.es:11441/68892 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11441/68892 https://doi.org/10.12795/IC.2017.i01.01 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | BBC PSB journalism Ideological bias Diversity Jeremy Corbyn Content analysis Periodismo de Medios Públicos Sesgo ideológico Diversidad Análisis de contenidos |
| Summary: | This article reflects on the BBC’s role in (re)shaping a hegemonic agenda consensus and offers a radical appraisal of its public service performance at a time of unprecedented political upheaval in the UK. It draws on a recent case study to suggest that the BBC’s overarching lean towards an elite and ideological worldview is increasingly exposed, and can no longer be defended with recourse to notions of due impartiality. |
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