We document the importance of local information in mass media for the political engagement of citizens and accountability of politicians. We study this in the context of Canada, where until 1958, competition in television markets was suppressed-Canadians received either public or private...

Eighteen years ago Professor Sir Alan Peacock made radical proposals in a report commissioned by the then Government on the future funding of the BBC. Those proposals involved making subscription to the BBC voluntary but providing a fund that would finance public service broadcasting on a...

In the rise in authoritarian trends in Hungary and Poland, public broadcasters are crucial in supporting the political forces in power and the role of private broadcasters or digital media to challenge these dominant narratives is not as significant concerning specific groups of voters, such as...