The Politics of the British Media: The Case of BBC

 The Politics of the British Media: The Case of BBC

Assess the BBC’s historical and current impact on British culture.
The royal charter issued in 1927, served as the catalyst for the BBC to achieve monopoly on the transmission of all programs. In addition, it was financed by a license fee which is charged to all the users of the radio or the “wireless sets.” As a result, the organization does not need to rely on the funding of the Parliament and even free from any commercial pressures. More importantly, the independence of BBC paved the way for the organization to ensure that the programming would be free of any influences coming from the government(Lukowitz, 1994)
After the World War II, there was an increase in the sales of televisions. More household was able to buy a television set thereby enabling them to clamor for a second channel. Another channel was formed and challenged the position of BBC.
In the conduct of business of the BBC, one can see that even early operation of the BBC, its main purpose is already centered with the aim to inform, entertain as well educate. This core value of the corporation has also influenced the extent of success of BBC today.

Readings:
   1. Crisell. 1997 An Introductory History of British Broadcasting
   2. D. Strinati& S. Wagg 1992 Come On Down? Popular media culture in post war Britain.

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