The Rise and Expansion of Research in Media Economics

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ID13107067
AuthorsRobert G Picard (0000-0002-2573-2051, University of Oxford, corresponding author)
Year1970
Pages113-119
Publication date1970-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCommunication & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2386-7876 • E-ISSN: 2386-7876
PublisherUniversidad de Navarra (PUBLISHER • ES)
DOI10.15581/003.31.35674
OpenAlexW2900306506
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited15

Media economics is the study of choices, what incentives and disincentives influence them, and how to make better choices to inform company decisions, public understanding, and policymaking. The present paper reviews the development of the field since the beginning in the 1970s with scholars such as Alfonso Nieto at the University of Navarra, Nadine Toussaint Desmoulins at the University of Paris 2, and Karl Erik Gustafsson at the University of Gothenburg to the emerging of the field with more scholars from different countries. Nowadays the field of media economics research has matured and become multifaceted, encompassing a wide variety of theories and approaches necessary to explore multiple developments and issues in media structures and operations. It is particularly relevant because media and communications are amid a massive transformation created by technology, social changes, and changes in demand. Expansion of commercial media and personal communications, new means of production and distribution, and new economic arrangements are altering well established relationship and interactions in media. This situation requires clear mindedness and knowledge to comprehend the developments and to develop the best individual, firm, and social responses to the challenges arising from the changes

Consumer demand · Distribution (mathematics · Economics · Field (mathematics · Incentive · Microeconomics · New media · Political science · Public relations · Social media · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics · Computer Science · Digital Platforms and Economics · Media and Digital Communication · Media Influence and Politics

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