Rethinking media funding

Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-3-03777-335-2
Verlag: Seismo Verlag

Buch, Englisch, 112 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 210 mm

The media are undergoing a multifactorial crisis that is undermining their role in supporting the proper functioning of democracy. On the one hand, public services no longer seem to have all the resources—financial and symbolic—necessary to fulfil their role in the media market. On the other hand, commercial players are encouraged to focus their activities on maximizing resources. Aiming to overcome these dual oppositions, this book brings together contributions exploring a “third way”, an alternative to state and commercial funding: philanthropy. It investigates the conditions for a virtuous form of philanthropic engagement by examining the drivers of a dual legitimacy that of donating to the media and that of receiving donation as a media outlet.

Contributors to this book include Sylvain Bourmeau, Nicolas Duvoux, Sylvain Lafrance, Renaud Legoux, Gilles Marchand, Manon Plegat, Patrice Schneider, Nathalie Sonnac, and Nadège Vezinat.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marchand, Gilles

Plegat, Manon

Über Autor(innen)

Plegat, Manon
Manon Plegat is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Sociological Research at the University of Geneva and an affiliated researcher at the Centre de Recherches Sociologiques et Politiques de Paris (CRESPPA). A member of the Geneva Center for Philanthropy, she is involved in the Media Philanthropy Initiative.

Marchand, Gilles
Gilles Marchand is director of the Media Philanthropy Initiative at the University of Geneva’s Center for Philanthropy. Holding a degree in sociology, he has served as Director of Swiss French Television (TSR), Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS), and the Swiss broadcasting corporation (SRG SSR). He also sat on the Board of TV5Monde and on the Executive committee of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).