RT Book,_Section T1 Independence: the cornerstone of Public Service Media Governance A1 Fernández Lombao, Tania A1 Valencia Bermúdez, Andrea A1 López Cepeda, Ana A2 Rocha, Álvaro A2 Correia, Ana Maria A2 Adeli, Hojjat A2 Reis, Luís Paulo A2 Costanzo, Sandra K1 Governance K1 Public service media K1 Regulation K1 European Union AB Management and monitoring bodies of public service media (PSM) should reinforce and guarantee of independence of public audiovisual services. This paper aims at analyzing the governance bodies of the EU28 PSM, as well as checking whether they meet the criteria established by the EBU as regards transparency and independence. We used as research method the content analysis of the latest audiovisual acts in the European Union and the most recent reviews of their charters PB Springer Cham SN 978-3-319-56540-8 SN 978-3-319-56541-5 SN 978-3-319-56540-8 SN 2194-5365 SN 2194-5357 YR 2017 FD 2017 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/38370 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/38370 LA eng NO Fernández-Lombao, T., Valencia-Bermúdez, A., López-Cepeda, A. (2017). Independence: The Cornerstone of Public Service Media Governance. In: Rocha, Á., Correia, A., Adeli, H., Reis, L., Costanzo, S. (eds) Recent Advances in Information Systems and Technologies. WorldCIST 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 571. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56541-5_14 NO This version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of use, but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56541-5_14 NO The work is part of the R + D research project CSO2015-66543-P, belonging to the National Program for Encouraging Excellent Scientific and Technical Research, national subprogram of knowledge creation from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, entitled “Indicators related to broadcasters’ governance, funding, accountability, innovation, quality and public service applicable to Spain in the digital context”. Also, it is part of the Prometeo Program, which belongs to the National Secretary of High Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation (SENESCYT) of the Ecuadorian government, and is developed at the Technical University of Loja and the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador - Ibarra headquarters- DS Minerva RD 24 abr 2026