In the last decades, NGOs have become an important participant in the work of political organizations (e.g., national authorities, the EU or the UN). This development brings many opportunities and also some challenges, including discourse failure which is one of the topics discussed in this...

Free media may not favor political accountability when other democratic institutions are weak, and may even bring undesirable unintended consequences. We propose a simple model in which candidates running for office may engage in coercion to obtain votes. A media scandal exposing these...

Attention of the public is scarce and channeled by the mass media. This creates opportunities for informational rent-seeking. Governments are in a favorable position for grasping media rents as they can regulate the media. However, the extent of regulation and, thus, the agenda-setting power are...

Understanding the media economy -- Theories and approaches used to examine the media economy -- Key concepts to understand the media economy -- Evolving markets in the media economy -- Multiplatform enterprises -- Technology and the media economy -- Globalization and the media economy --...

Megamerger sind seit Beginn der 90er Jahre zu einer wichtigen Strategie von international agierenden Medienunternehmen geworden. Ein Höhepunkt dieser Entwicklung ist der Merger der amerikanischen Unternehmen America Online und Time Warner im Jahr 2001 - zum damaligen Zeitpunkt der zweitgrößte...