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Public <str<strong>on</strong>g>Service</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> Digital <strong>Media</strong><str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> low-brow/high-brow hierarchies are shifting as well as <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> private/publicboundaries. 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They herald <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> needto change who <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> gatekeepers are, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> claim <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir involvement in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> designstages as well as <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> implementati<strong>on</strong> stages <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> rules <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> policies. As such <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>yare moving public service bey<strong>on</strong>d its stale image <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> paternalism, bey<strong>on</strong>d a reifiedunderst<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>ing <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> democracy <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> public interest, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> bey<strong>on</strong>d mere c<strong>on</strong>sumersovereignty, towards more democratizati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> better underst<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>ing <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> userneeds.The new principles <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> public service that are emerging thus revolve around<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> idea <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> co-regulati<strong>on</strong>, showing that democracy is a changing process in which<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> people are still willing to invest, with forms <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> identity formati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> culturalpractices that can be agreed up<strong>on</strong> in a given society (Garnham 2000): ensureparticipati<strong>on</strong>, by promoting interacti<strong>on</strong> ra<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r than interactivity; ensure balancebetween public-private partnerships; ensure media educati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> digital literacy;pay attenti<strong>on</strong> to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> young pers<strong>on</strong>s’ listening <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> viewing situati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir roleas players; <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> attach public service to relati<strong>on</strong>al goods, with a promoti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>what looks like an alternative to public service over-<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>-net – <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> creativecomm<strong>on</strong>s model, where public service is defined by users-producers (inoppositi<strong>on</strong> to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> current commercial comm<strong>on</strong> carrier model). Falling short <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se principles brings <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> risk that public values will not be maintained, especiallyif <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>y do not involve young people, as <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> under-25s are <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> heaviest c<strong>on</strong>sumers<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> potential tax-payers <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> future, in virtuality <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> in reality.ReferencesAnders<strong>on</strong>, L. “Mixing Ten Cool with e-commerce Savvy”, <str<strong>on</strong>g>In</str<strong>on</strong>g>dustry St<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>ard, 14 June 1999.Ang, P.H. “The Role <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Self-Regulati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Privacy <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>In</str<strong>on</strong>g>ternet”, Journal <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>In</str<strong>on</strong>g>teractive Advertising,1 (2) (Spring 2001): 1-16.Banerjee, I. <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Seneviratne K (eds.). 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