Mark A Fox
Biographic Data
| ID | 4208666 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark A Fox |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark A |
| FAMILY NAME | Fox |
| SIGNATURE | FOX M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | North Carolina State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0075-2769 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Influence of Institutional Affiliation and Social Ecology on Sound Change
The social mechanisms that influence the direction of language change operate along the demarcations of networks of communication. Within geographic regions, the focused organizations that individuals participate in structure the lines of communication, and the sociodemographic composition (social ecology) therein limits the options of peers to associate with. Schools have their own social ecology, and attendance at schools can explain language c…
The Significance of Linguistic Variation in the Speeches of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Although Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s eloquence as a speaker is widely recognized and his rhetorical strategies have been extensively studied, no analyses have been conducted on his language variation in different speech settings. This article examines a set of variable structures in King's speech to determine how it indexes his regional, social, and ethnic identity as he accommodated different audiences and interactions. The use of unstress…
The Bag That Scott Bought: The Low Vowels in Northwest Wisconsin
Few studies have examined the vowel systems of communities that border areas characterized by the Northern Cities Shift and the low back vowel merger, two sound changes currently shaping North American English. Using data from 40 respondents in greater Eau Claire, in northwestern Wisconsin, we examine the behavior of the low vowels /æ, α, ɔ/ and consider the relationships among their arrangements and these sound changes. We find advanced /æ/-rais…
Multi‐Stage Markets in the Recording Industry
Theories of superstardom propose that historic market success may be a predictor of future success. Music labels have an incentive to concentrate on a few “star” performers, thereby exploiting economies of scale (particularly in the realm of marketing) that have been made possible by developments in recording and multi‐media technologies. Our paper focuses on the role that the success of artists in selling singles has in leading to disproportiona…
Concert Tour Success in North America: An Examination of the Top 100 Tours from 1997 to 2005
Radio airplay, album sales and concerts provide revenues to songwriters, music labels, and musicians. From 1997 to 2005, concert revenues in North America increased from $1.3 billion to $3.1 billion. We analyze concert trends by investigating pricing and attendance, the superstar phenomenon, and structural changes in the way the concert tour industry operates. To conduct this analysis we look at the performance of the top 100 tours from 1997 to 2…
Introduction to special issue #6: Commercial applications of the Internet
This paper is included in the First Monday Special Issue #6: Commercial applications of the Internet
Reflections on: Online grocery shopping
This paper is included in the First Monday Special Issue #6: Commercial applications of the Internet, published in July 2006. Special Issue editor Mark A. Fox asked authors to submit additional comments regarding their articles
Online Grocery Shopping: Consumer Motives, Concerns, and Business Models (originally published in August 2002)
Dot.com entrepreneurs failed spectacularly in their attempts to create e-grocery companies. This paper examines consumer motives and concerns with regard to online grocery shopping. The reasons for the success experienced by traditional bricks-and-mortar companies that have expanded into this market are also examined
Technological and Social Drivers of Change in the Online Music Industry (originally published in February 2002)
This paper is included in the First Monday Special Issue: Music and the Internet, published in July 2005. Special Issue editor David Beer asked authors to submit additional comments regarding their articles. This article complements two works that I wrote around the same time—in Popular Music and Society ("E-commerce Business Models for the Music Industry", volume 27, number 2), and—along with Bruce Wrenn—in the International Journal on Media Man…
Internet banking, e-money and the Internet gift economy
The following commentary is part of First Monday's Special Issue #3: Internet banking, e-money and the Internet gift economy
Market Power in Music Retailing: The Case of Wal‐Mart
The retailing of pre-recorded music has been an area of investigation that has long been neglected by popular music researchers. This paper focuses on the world’s largest music retailer, Wal-Mart, and its impact on traditional chain and independent music retailers. Many of the compact discs sold by Wal-Mart are sold as loss-leaders to attract consumers to buy other products. The response of traditional retailers to Wal-Mart and other massmarket d…
E-commerce Business Models for the Music Industry
Clearly, the music industry faces considerable pressure to adopt new business models in order to meet consumer needs successfully in the e-commerce milieu. In particular—as is discussed in the following section—music labels are incurring lower costs and reduced barriers to entry. In the third section of this paper, I examine the business models that are being developed to respond to these changes and discuss the flaws inherent in these evolving b…
Models of Superstardom: An Application of the Lotka and Yule Distributions
One common measure of success for popular recording artists is the receipt of gold or platinum sales awards. With regard to singles—the focus of this study—a gold award signifies sales of 1 million copies, whereas a platinum award signifies sales of 2 million copies (Recording Industry Association of America). A simple ranking of artists by the number of gold and platinum singles awarded demonstrates that relatively few artists have a great many …
Technological and Social Drivers of Change in the Online Music Industry
Considerable attention has been given to the legal implications arising from the distribution of music in a digital format via the Internet. However, less attention has been paid to the technological and social drivers of change in the music industry. This paper attempts to demonstrate the significant impact that social and technological forces have on the music industry, especially regarding lowering barriers to entry
The Bag That Scott Bought: The Low Vowels in Northwest Wisconsin
Few studies have examined the vowel systems of communities that border areas characterized by the Northern Cities Shift and the low back vowel merger, two sound changes currently shaping North American English. Using data from 40 respondents in greater Eau Claire, in northwestern Wisconsin, we examine the behavior of the low vowels /æ, α, ɔ/ and consider the relationships among their arrangements and these sound changes. We find advanced /æ/-rais…
Concert Tour Success in North America: An Examination of the Top 100 Tours from 1997 to 2005
Radio airplay, album sales and concerts provide revenues to songwriters, music labels, and musicians. From 1997 to 2005, concert revenues in North America increased from $1.3 billion to $3.1 billion. We analyze concert trends by investigating pricing and attendance, the superstar phenomenon, and structural changes in the way the concert tour industry operates. To conduct this analysis we look at the performance of the top 100 tours from 1997 to 2…
E-commerce Business Models for the Music Industry
Clearly, the music industry faces considerable pressure to adopt new business models in order to meet consumer needs successfully in the e-commerce milieu. In particular—as is discussed in the following section—music labels are incurring lower costs and reduced barriers to entry. In the third section of this paper, I examine the business models that are being developed to respond to these changes and discuss the flaws inherent in these evolving b…
Market Power in Music Retailing: The Case of Wal‐Mart
The retailing of pre-recorded music has been an area of investigation that has long been neglected by popular music researchers. This paper focuses on the world’s largest music retailer, Wal-Mart, and its impact on traditional chain and independent music retailers. Many of the compact discs sold by Wal-Mart are sold as loss-leaders to attract consumers to buy other products. The response of traditional retailers to Wal-Mart and other massmarket d…
The Significance of Linguistic Variation in the Speeches of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Although Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s eloquence as a speaker is widely recognized and his rhetorical strategies have been extensively studied, no analyses have been conducted on his language variation in different speech settings. This article examines a set of variable structures in King's speech to determine how it indexes his regional, social, and ethnic identity as he accommodated different audiences and interactions. The use of unstress…
Models of Superstardom: An Application of the Lotka and Yule Distributions
One common measure of success for popular recording artists is the receipt of gold or platinum sales awards. With regard to singles—the focus of this study—a gold award signifies sales of 1 million copies, whereas a platinum award signifies sales of 2 million copies (Recording Industry Association of America). A simple ranking of artists by the number of gold and platinum singles awarded demonstrates that relatively few artists have a great many …
Multi‐Stage Markets in the Recording Industry
Theories of superstardom propose that historic market success may be a predictor of future success. Music labels have an incentive to concentrate on a few “star” performers, thereby exploiting economies of scale (particularly in the realm of marketing) that have been made possible by developments in recording and multi‐media technologies. Our paper focuses on the role that the success of artists in selling singles has in leading to disproportiona…
Technological and Social Drivers of Change in the Online Music Industry
Considerable attention has been given to the legal implications arising from the distribution of music in a digital format via the Internet. However, less attention has been paid to the technological and social drivers of change in the music industry. This paper attempts to demonstrate the significant impact that social and technological forces have on the music industry, especially regarding lowering barriers to entry
E-commerce Business Models for the Music Industry
Clearly, the music industry faces considerable pressure to adopt new business models in order to meet consumer needs successfully in the e-commerce milieu. In particular—as is discussed in the following section—music labels are incurring lower costs and reduced barriers to entry. In the third section of this paper, I examine the business models that are being developed to respond to these changes and discuss the flaws inherent in these evolving b…
Models of Superstardom: An Application of the Lotka and Yule Distributions
One common measure of success for popular recording artists is the receipt of gold or platinum sales awards. With regard to singles—the focus of this study—a gold award signifies sales of 1 million copies, whereas a platinum award signifies sales of 2 million copies (Recording Industry Association of America). A simple ranking of artists by the number of gold and platinum singles awarded demonstrates that relatively few artists have a great many …
Technological and Social Drivers of Change in the Online Music Industry (originally published in February 2002)
This paper is included in the First Monday Special Issue: Music and the Internet, published in July 2005. Special Issue editor David Beer asked authors to submit additional comments regarding their articles. This article complements two works that I wrote around the same time—in Popular Music and Society ("E-commerce Business Models for the Music Industry", volume 27, number 2), and—along with Bruce Wrenn—in the International Journal on Media Man…
Internet banking, e-money and the Internet gift economy
The following commentary is part of First Monday's Special Issue #3: Internet banking, e-money and the Internet gift economy
Market Power in Music Retailing: The Case of Wal‐Mart
The retailing of pre-recorded music has been an area of investigation that has long been neglected by popular music researchers. This paper focuses on the world’s largest music retailer, Wal-Mart, and its impact on traditional chain and independent music retailers. Many of the compact discs sold by Wal-Mart are sold as loss-leaders to attract consumers to buy other products. The response of traditional retailers to Wal-Mart and other massmarket d…
Introduction to special issue #6: Commercial applications of the Internet
This paper is included in the First Monday Special Issue #6: Commercial applications of the Internet
Reflections on: Online grocery shopping
This paper is included in the First Monday Special Issue #6: Commercial applications of the Internet, published in July 2006. Special Issue editor Mark A. Fox asked authors to submit additional comments regarding their articles
Online Grocery Shopping: Consumer Motives, Concerns, and Business Models (originally published in August 2002)
Dot.com entrepreneurs failed spectacularly in their attempts to create e-grocery companies. This paper examines consumer motives and concerns with regard to online grocery shopping. The reasons for the success experienced by traditional bricks-and-mortar companies that have expanded into this market are also examined
Multi‐Stage Markets in the Recording Industry
Theories of superstardom propose that historic market success may be a predictor of future success. Music labels have an incentive to concentrate on a few “star” performers, thereby exploiting economies of scale (particularly in the realm of marketing) that have been made possible by developments in recording and multi‐media technologies. Our paper focuses on the role that the success of artists in selling singles has in leading to disproportiona…
Concert Tour Success in North America: An Examination of the Top 100 Tours from 1997 to 2005
Radio airplay, album sales and concerts provide revenues to songwriters, music labels, and musicians. From 1997 to 2005, concert revenues in North America increased from $1.3 billion to $3.1 billion. We analyze concert trends by investigating pricing and attendance, the superstar phenomenon, and structural changes in the way the concert tour industry operates. To conduct this analysis we look at the performance of the top 100 tours from 1997 to 2…
The Bag That Scott Bought: The Low Vowels in Northwest Wisconsin
Few studies have examined the vowel systems of communities that border areas characterized by the Northern Cities Shift and the low back vowel merger, two sound changes currently shaping North American English. Using data from 40 respondents in greater Eau Claire, in northwestern Wisconsin, we examine the behavior of the low vowels /æ, α, ɔ/ and consider the relationships among their arrangements and these sound changes. We find advanced /æ/-rais…
The Significance of Linguistic Variation in the Speeches of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Although Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s eloquence as a speaker is widely recognized and his rhetorical strategies have been extensively studied, no analyses have been conducted on his language variation in different speech settings. This article examines a set of variable structures in King's speech to determine how it indexes his regional, social, and ethnic identity as he accommodated different audiences and interactions. The use of unstress…
The Influence of Institutional Affiliation and Social Ecology on Sound Change
The social mechanisms that influence the direction of language change operate along the demarcations of networks of communication. Within geographic regions, the focused organizations that individuals participate in structure the lines of communication, and the sociodemographic composition (social ecology) therein limits the options of peers to associate with. Schools have their own social ecology, and attendance at schools can explain language c…
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