The Media Economy

Author : Alan B. Albarran
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000997781

Get Book

The Media Economy by Alan B. Albarran Pdf

This fully updated third edition analyzes the media industries and their activities from macro to micro levels, using concepts and theories to demonstrate the role the media plays in the economy as a whole. This textbook breaks new ground through its analysis of the rapidly changing and evolving media economy from two unique perspectives. First, the book explores how media industries function across global, national, household, and individual levels of society. Second, it assesses how key forces such as technology, globalization, regulation, and consumer aspects are constantly evolving and influencing media industries. This new edition incorporates thoroughly updated theory and research as well as expanded case studies that include examples from international markets such as Asia, Europe, and Latin America. It builds on the contributions of the previous edition by providing new references and current data to define and analyze today’s media markets and offers a more expansive assessment of streaming business models as well as the effects of Covid-19 on the media economy. Written in an accessible style and presenting a holistic global perspective of the role of media in the global economy, the textbook provides crucial insights for students and practitioners of media economics, media management and media industries.

Author : Ramon Lobato,Julian Thomas
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780745694856

Get Book

The Informal Media Economy by Ramon Lobato,Julian Thomas Pdf

How are “grey market” imports changing media industries? What is the role of piracy in developing new markets for movies and TV shows? How do jailbroken iPhones drive innovation? The Informal Media Economy provides a vivid, original, and genuinely transnational account of contemporary media, by showing how the interactions between formal and informal media systems are a feature of all nations – rich and poor, large and small. Shifting the focus away from the formal businesses and public enterprises that have long occupied media researchers, this book charts a parallel world of cultural intermediaries driving global media production and circulation. It shows how unlicensed, untaxed, or unregulated networks, which operate across the boundaries of established media markets, have been a driving force of media industry transformation. The book opens up new insights on a range of topical issues in media studies, from the creative disruptions of digitisation to amateur production, piracy and cybercrime.

Author : Alan B. Albarran
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2002-03-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 081382124X

Get Book

Media Economics by Alan B. Albarran Pdf

Author : Simon P. Anderson,Joel Waldfogel,David Stromberg
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780444636959

Get Book

Handbook of Media Economics by Simon P. Anderson,Joel Waldfogel,David Stromberg Pdf

Handbook of Media Economics provides valuable information on a unique field that has its own theories, evidence, and policies. Understanding the media is important for society, and while new technologies are altering the media, they are also affecting our understanding of their economics. Chapters span the large scope of media economics, simultaneously offering in-depth analysis of particular topics, including the economics of why media are important, how media work (including financing sources, institutional settings, and regulation), what determines media content (including media bias), and the effects of new technologies. The volumes provide a powerful introduction for those interested in starting research in media economics. Helps academic and non-academic economists understand recent rapid changes in theoretical and empirical advances, in structural empirical methods, and in the media industry's connection with the democratic process Presents the only detailed summary of media economics that emphasizes political economy, merger policy, and competition policy Pays special attention to the economic influences of the Internet, including developments in social media, user-generated content, and advertising, as well as the Internet's effects on newspapers, radio, and television

Author : Alan B. Albarran
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317502975

Get Book

The Media Economy by Alan B. Albarran Pdf

The Media Economy analyzes the media industries and its activities from macro to micro levels, using concepts and theories to demonstrate the role the media plays in the economy as a whole. Representing a rapidly changing and evolving environment, this text breaks new ground through its analysis from two unique perspectives: 1) Examining the media industries from a holistic perspective by analyzing how the media industries function across different levels of society (global, national, household, and individual); 2) Looking at the key forces (technology, globalization, regulation, and social aspects) constantly evolving and influencing the media industries. Building on the contributions of the original text, this Second Edition provides new references and current data to define and analyze today’s media markets. To understand the role of media in the global economy, the insights included here are crucial for media students and practitioners.

Author : Jonathan Hardy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781136486494

Get Book

Critical Political Economy of the Media by Jonathan Hardy Pdf

How the media are organised and funded is central to understanding their role in society. Critical Political Economy of the Media provides a clear, comprehensive and insightful introduction to the political economic analysis of contemporary media. Jonathan Hardy undertakes a critical survey of political economy scholarship encompassing worldwide literature, issues and debates, and relationships with other academic approaches. He assesses different ways of making sense of media convergence and digitalisation, media power and influence, and transformations across communication markets. Many of the problems of the media that prompted critical political economy research remain salient, he argues, but the approach must continue to adapt to new conditions and challenges. Hardy advances the case for a revitalised critical media studies for the 21st century. Topics covered include: media ownership and financing news and entertainment convergence and the Internet media globalisation advertising and media alternative media media policy and regulation Introducing key concepts and research, this book explains how political economy can assist students, researchers and citizens to investigate and address vital questions about the media today.

Author : Alison Alexander,James Owers,Rodney A. Carveth,C. Ann Hollifield,Albert N. Greco
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2003-12-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781135623784

Get Book

Media Economics by Alison Alexander,James Owers,Rodney A. Carveth,C. Ann Hollifield,Albert N. Greco Pdf

Media Economics: Theory and Practice focuses on the basic principles of economics in the business sector and applies them to contemporary media industries. This text examines the process of media economics decision making through an exploration of key topics, such as industrial restructuring, regulatory constraints upon media operations, and changing economic value, providing key insights into media business activities. With the structure and value of media industries changing rapidly and sometimes dramatically, this text moves beyond a basic documentation of historical patterns to help readers understand the mechanics of change, offering insight into the processes reproducing contemporary trends in media economics. Thoroughly updated in this third edition, Media Economics focuses on the primary concerns of media economics, the techniques of economic and business analysis, and the overall characteristics of the media environment; and explores contemporary business practices within specific media industries, including newspaper, magazine, television, cable, movie, radio advertising, music, and online industries. New for this edition are chapters on the advertising, book publishing, and magazine publishing industries. Chapters contributed by expert scholars and researchers provide substantial discussions of the crucial topics and issues in the media industry sectors, and emphasize both domestic and international businesses. Offering a thorough examination of the economic factors and forces concerning the media industries, Media Economics is appropriate for use as a course text for advanced media management and economics students. It also serves as an indispensable reference for scholars and researchers in media business arenas.

Author : Robert G Picard,Steven S Wildman
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780857938893

Get Book

Handbook on the Economics of the Media by Robert G Picard,Steven S Wildman Pdf

Media industries and services present a complex set of challenges to economic analysis: challenges made more difficult by the technological changes that have been transforming the media sector. Research on the economics of media has made major advances

Author : Dwayne Winseck,Dal Yong Jin
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781849668934

Get Book

The Political Economies of Media by Dwayne Winseck,Dal Yong Jin Pdf

The contributors show that digital media are disrupting entire media industries, but without erasing the past and insist that one media sector is not the same as the next. As the title signals even in the age of convergence and remix culture, different media continue to display their own distinctive political economies.

Author : Randy Nichols,Gabriela Martinez
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780429890444

Get Book

Political Economy of Media Industries by Randy Nichols,Gabriela Martinez Pdf

This book provides a critical political economic examination of the impact of increasingly concentrated global media industries. It addresses different media and communication industries from around the globe, including film, television, music, journalism, telecommunication, and information industries. The authors use case studies to examine how changing methods of production and distribution are impacting a variety of issues including globalization, environmental devastation, and the shifting role of the State. This collection finds communication at a historical moment in which capitalist control of media and communication is the default status and, so, because of the increasing levels of concentration globally allows those in control to define the default ideological status. In turn, these concentrated media forces are deployed under the guise of entertainment but with a mind towards further concentration and control of the media apparatuses many times in convergence with others

Author : Alan B. Albarran,Sylvia M. Chan-Olmsted
Publisher : Iowa State Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 081382690X

Get Book

Global Media Economics by Alan B. Albarran,Sylvia M. Chan-Olmsted Pdf

This text studies the increasing international marketplace for media companies, exploring the mergers and acquisitions, the impact of technology, and the implications of changing regulatory policies and a growing world economy that are the most salient features of this scene.

Author : Stuart Cunningham,Terry Flew,Adam Swift
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781350306431

Get Book

Media Economics by Stuart Cunningham,Terry Flew,Adam Swift Pdf

This core textbook examines the economic paradigms at work in media industries and markets, enabling analysis of the media system as a whole. In addition to succinct accounts of neo-classical and critical political economics, this insightful text offers fresh perspectives for understanding media drawn from two 'heterodox' approaches: institutional economics and evolutionary economics. Applying these paradigms to vital topics and case studies, Stuart Cunningham, Terry Flew and Adam Swift stress the value – and limits – of contending economic approaches in understanding how the media operates today. Succinct and accessible, this text is essential reading for all students of media and communication studies, as well as those from economics, policy studies, business studies and marketing backgrounds with an interest in the media.

Author : Robert G. Picard
Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1989-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038641416

Get Book

Media Economics by Robert G. Picard Pdf

The media of Western Europe and the US are for the most part capitalist ventures, operated by private parties for the purpose of generating profit, and are thus subject to the operational principles of the market system. Even non profit orientated media - such as public broadcasting - are influenced.

Author : Christian Fuchs
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317558194

Get Book

Culture and Economy in the Age of Social Media by Christian Fuchs Pdf

Understanding social media requires us to engage with the individual and collective meanings that diverse stakeholders and participants give to platforms. It also requires us to analyse how social media companies try to make profits, how and which labour creates this profit, who creates social media ideologies, and the conditions under which such ideologies emerge. In short, understanding social media means coming to grips with the relationship between culture and the economy. In this thorough study, Christian Fuchs, one of the leading analysts of the Internet and social media, delves deeply into the subject by applying the approach of cultural materialism to social media, offering readers theoretical concepts, contemporary examples, and proposed opportunities for political intervention. Culture and Economy in the Age of Social Media is the ultimate resource for anyone who wants to understand culture and the economy in an era populated by social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and Google in the West and Weibo, Renren, and Baidu in the East. Updating the analysis of thinkers such as Raymond Williams, Karl Marx, Ferruccio Rossi-Landi, and Dallas W. Smythe for the 21st century, Fuchs presents a version of Marxist cultural theory and cultural materialism that allows us to critically understand social media’s influence on culture and the economy.

Author : Jeffrey Blevins,James Lee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1947602845

Get Book

Social Media, Social Justice and the Political Economy of Online Networks by Jeffrey Blevins,James Lee Pdf

While social network analyses often demonstrate the usefulness of social media networks to affective publics and otherwise marginalized social justice groups, this book explores the domination and manipulation of social networks by more powerful political groups. Jeffrey Layne Blevins and James Lee look at the ways in which social media conversations about race turn politically charged, and in many cases, ugly. Studies show that social media is an important venue for news and political information, while focusing national attention on racially involved issues. Perhaps less understood, however, is the effective quality of this discourse, and its connection to popular politics, especially when Twitter trolls and social media mobs go on the attack. Taking on prominent case studies from the past few years, including the Ferguson protests and the Black Lives Matter movement, the 2016 presidential election, and the rise of fake news, this volume presents data visualization sets alongside careful scholarly analysis. The resulting volume provides new insight into social media, legacy news, and social justice.