the shifting boundaries between the advertising, media, and information technology industries in the wake of the … breakthrough of the Internet from the mid-1990s. We invited six persons, who at that time were centrally placed in these industries …

situation generated by crisis and globalization. The economic crisis has created a huge opportunity to the mass-media system: it … brings the required information to citizens from different nations. Taking this into account, mass-media has played and still …

Technology and consumer behavior are changing supply and demand for mass media. Digitization has increased consumer … control over media content and advertising, with implications for advertising avoidance, advertising targeting and … personalization, competition among media platforms, and media market outcomes. In addition, consumers increasingly use a “second …

Blogs differ from other media in that authors are usually not remunerated and inscribe themselves in communities of …

Proliferation of content on the internet offers consumers access to more sources than had been possible with … traditional media. Disaggregated content also increases the relevance of targeting for advertisers. But at the same time, search … costs increase the role of intermediaries in media consumption in ways that are poorly understood. This paper studies the …

year, we seek to establish whether bloggers are mainly involved in social networking or are part of the media industry. We … our analysis confirm that activity and reciprocation both play a role in the dynamics of social media. …

. The results also show the mitigating effect of such a product line extension on the extent of bias in print media …

The internet has transformed the way in which voters access and receive political information, such that it has … to filter relevant information themselves. The introduction phase of the internet coincided with a decreasing voter … media may help reverse the negative effect on turnout. But this poses challenges for regulatory policy. Understanding the …

Internet and social media usage. Instead of merely surveying the various impacts of the Internet, we examine the methods … natural or quasi-experiments for identifying the causal impact of high-speed Internet or specific social media. This … undertaking allows us to highlight the key empirical challenges in the field of Internet and social media economics while …