Who this handbook is for -- Understanding media development: a key part of governance reform -- Grasping the fundamentals: the building blocks of an independent media sector -- Getting from assessment to program concept: a tool for political economy analysis -- Getting from concept to design:...

Our most basic relationship with the world is one of technological mediation. Nowadays our available tools are digital, and increasingly what counts in economic, social, and cultural life is what can be digitally stored, distributed, replayed, augmented, and switched. Yet the digital remains...

'Rethinking the Media Audience' is an investigation of whether existing models of media reception and audience ethnography can account for contemporary participation and ubiquitous engagement in media culture

This volume provides rich insight into the nature and practice of media management. Contributions assess the degree to which management of media firms requires a unique set of skills, highlighting similarities and differences of media firms compared with other industries in terms of management...

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...

Contents: Preface -- 1. Media economics research: a history of the field / Alan B. Albarran -- 2. Advancing media economics research through theory / Marianne Barrett and Chun Shao -- 3. Research traditions in media economics / Amy Jo Coffey -- 4. Global digital networks and global media...

Abstract AbstractDer Band greift den Medienwandel aus ökonomischer, politischer und journalistischer Perspektive der letzten zwei Jahre auf. Dazu werden ausgewählte Beiträge aus Netzveröffentlichungen herangezogen. Die Leser erhalten somit einen redaktionell gefilterten, kompakten Überblick...

Abstract AbstractMedienkonzentration ist kein Schicksal, das Demokratien ereilt, um sie zu beschädigen. Vielmehr sind Medienstrukturen das Ergebnis von Aushandlungsprozessen zwischen politischen und medialen Akteuren und spiegeln daher auch den Konflikt von Staat und Markt, von Medien als...