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public television journalism  

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  • Public television news is an alternative to commercial news programming that positions the audience as information-seeking citizens rather than consumers. The public television model seeks to provide news that is important to a self-governing public regardless of its commercial viability in the electronic media marketplace. [Source: Encyclopedia of Journalism; Public Television Journalism]

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