TY - JOUR
T1 - Why children’s news matters
T2 - The case of CBBC Newsround in the UK
AU - Carter, Cynthia
AU - Steemers, Jeanette
AU - Messenger Davies, Máire
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: Cynthia Carter thanks Cardiff University’s “Arts, Culture and Public Service Broadcasting” Workstrand, part of the AHRC Policy and Evidence Centre (Nesta), which supported this research.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston 2021.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - There has never been a greater need for reliable, truthful news to help citizens navigate and assess the veracity of what they are reading and viewing, especially on social media. Widespread concerns around 'fake' news demonstrate an enduring requirement for curated and trustworthy children's news that addresses children as young citizens with certain rights. Drawing on recent UK events, we discuss the case for children's news provision by public service broadcasting (PSB) from a communication rights perspective by analyzing the BBC's 2019 plans to reduce the broadcast presence and originated hours of its flagship news service, Newsround, in favor of online distribution.
AB - There has never been a greater need for reliable, truthful news to help citizens navigate and assess the veracity of what they are reading and viewing, especially on social media. Widespread concerns around 'fake' news demonstrate an enduring requirement for curated and trustworthy children's news that addresses children as young citizens with certain rights. Drawing on recent UK events, we discuss the case for children's news provision by public service broadcasting (PSB) from a communication rights perspective by analyzing the BBC's 2019 plans to reduce the broadcast presence and originated hours of its flagship news service, Newsround, in favor of online distribution.
KW - BBC
KW - Children's news
KW - Children's rights
KW - Newsround
KW - public service broadcasting
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U2 - 10.1515/commun-2021-0048
DO - 10.1515/commun-2021-0048
M3 - Article
SN - 1613-4087
VL - 46
SP - 352
EP - 372
JO - Communication, The European Journal of Communication Research
JF - Communication, The European Journal of Communication Research
IS - 3
ER -