Fernández Lombao, TaniaValencia Bermúdez, AndreaLópez Cepeda, AnaRocha, ÁlvaroCorreia, Ana MariaAdeli, HojjatReis, Luís PauloCostanzo, Sandra2025-01-072025-01-072017Fernández-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_14978-3-319-56540-8978-3-319-56541-5978-3-319-56540-82194-53652194-5357https://hdl.handle.net/10347/38370This 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_14Management 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 chartersengGovernancePublic service mediaRegulationEuropean Unionbook part10.1007/978-3-319-56541-5_14open access