The public will end up paying: The public interest standard in Israeli commercial Broadcasting Law

Moshe Schwartz, Amit M. Schejter

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Abstract

This study critiques and analyses the meaning and design of the term “public interest” as it has been constructed in commercial television policy in Israel. Its main thesis is that the term serves Israeli policymakers to achieve economic goals. This endpoint marks the transition the public interest consideration has undergone from its initial identification with national and state goals to its subordination to economic interests, in a particular competition. The combination of the neoliberal ideology that has taken over Israeli policymaking since the 1980s, with the prominence of large corporations in the policymaking process, has contributed largely to this outcome.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)318-335
Number of pages18
JournalJavnost
Volume29
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2022

Keywords

  • Israeli media law
  • media policy
  • political economy
  • public interest

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Communication

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