Handbook of Media Economics (Volume 2V) (Handbooks in Economics, Volume 2V) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0444636919 ISBN 13: 9780444636911

Publisher: North Holland, 2016

Synopsis

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 economics. Chapters span the large scope of media economics, simultaneously offering in-depth analysis of particular topics, including the economics of why media are important, how media work (including financing sources, institutional settings, and regulation), what determines media content (including media bias), and the effects of new technologies. The volumes provide a powerful introduction for those interested in starting research in media economics.

• Helps academic and non-academic economists understand recent rapid changes in theoretical and empirical advances, in structural empirical methods, and in the media industry's connection with the democratic process
• Presents the only detailed summary of media economics that emphasizes political economy, merger policy, and competition policy
• Pays special attention to the economic influences of the Internet, including developments in social media, user-generated content, and advertising, as well as the Internet's effects on newspapers, radio, and television

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From the Back Cover

Recent academic research has succeeded in defining media economics as a unique field that has its own theories, evidence, and policies. Understanding the media is of high importance for society, and while new technologies are altering the media, they are also affecting our understanding of their economics. This volume spans the large scope of media economics while simultaneously offering in-depth analysis of particular topics. The economics of why media are important, how media work (including financing sources, institutional settings, and regulation), what determines media content (including media bias), and the effects of new technologies receive authoritative treatment. For those who want to start research in media economics, it is a powerful introduction.

About the Author

Simon Anderson is Commonwealth Professor of Economics at the University of Virginia. He has published on advertising, search and information, price dispersion, media economics, and industrial organization.

Joel Waldfogel is Frederick R. Kappell Chair in Applied Economics. Previously the Ehrenkranz Family Professor of Business and Public Policy at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, he has conducted empirical studies of price advertising, media markets, and issues related to digital products.

A Professor at the Institute for International Economic Studies, David Stromberg is also a Research Affiliate in the Public Policy Program at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC. He has published on the influence exerted by media on public policy.

About this edition

• Publisher: North Holland
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0444636919
• ISBN 13: 9780444636911
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 773
• Editor: Anderson Simon P., Waldfogel Joel, Stromberg David