CresCine Members Publish Book on the Economics of Media

CresCine researchers Ulrike Rohn from Tallinn University and Tim Raats from Vrije Universiteit Brussel, together with Bjørn von Rimscha from Johannes-Gutenberg-University Mainz, have published an edited book on the economics of media. 

With more than 30 chapters from authors worldwide, “The DeGruyter Handbook of Media Economics” provides a comprehensive exploration of current trends and future trajectories in media industries, including the film industries.

Several CresCine members have contributed to this volume. From Tallinn University, Indrek Ibrus contributed with a chapter on media innovation and Ulrike Rohn with a chapter on data analytics in media organizations. From Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Tim Raats wrote a chapter on curriculum development, Catalina Iordache on the effects of streaming on media markets,  Heritiana Ranaivoson, Annelien Smets and Pieter Ballon contributed with a chapter on recommender systems in media markets,  and Alessandro D’Arma, Jeanette Steemers and Tim Raats with a chapter on public service media in the platform age. 

Also of potential interest to our CresCine network might be the chapter on different data sources available for researching media industries by Denise Voci and Pamela Nölleke-Przybylski, the chapter on audiences in media markets by Mercedes Medina, Francisco J. Pérez-Latre and Alfonso Vara-Miguel, the chapter on the value of clusters in the media industries by Marlen Komorowski and Sari Virta, the chapter on the industrial challenges in the Nigerian Film Industry (Nollywood) by Godwin Iretomiwa Simon, as well as the chapter on changing authorship and copyright in the media industries by D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye.