CALL FOR PAPERS
12th World Media Economics and Management Conference
New York, USA | May 2-5, 2016
Hosted by: Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University
Conference Theme: Global Media, Local Entrepreneurs™
Conference Information
The World Media Economics and Management Conference is a biennial meeting that brings together leading scholars from around the world to reflect on contemporary issues in the economics and management of media industries and firms. Established in 1994, the conference has previously met in Sweden, Switzerland, U.K., Spain, Portugal, Finland, Canada, China, Colombia, Greece, and Brazil.
The 12th edition of the conference is taking place of the first time in the United States, and it comes directly to the capital of media and entertainment business: New York City.
Hosted by Fordham University, the conference provides attendees the opportunity to exchange ideas, present their original research, and strengthen connections with peers and industry experts.
Conference President:
Robert G. Picard
Conference Board Members:
Alan Albarran, John Carey, Iris Chyi, John Fortunato, C. Ann Hollifield, Gregory Lowe, Bozena Mierzejewska, Angela Powers, Alfonso Sanchez-Tabernero, Steve Wildman
Organizing Committee:
Bozena Mierzejewska, Axel Roepnack
Conference Theme
Global Media, Local Entrepreneurs™
In the era of global media products and brands, media companies engage in global trade, distribution and financing of media. Digitization and changing media usage patterns create enormous economic and managerial challenges for legacy media organizations. While new modes of communication and digital technologies are reducing the importance of distance and the nation-state, opportunities for global expansion are increasing. With increasing globalization many of the media economics and management issues around the world become similar.
The Internet has brought major disruption to the media industry; it not only challenged many established news and entertainment businesses, but also at the same time created new opportunities for new type of media business originated in digital only format with global distribution in mind. The disruptive nature of the Internet, open source technologies and low barriers to entry is prompting a shift of power from large media conglomerates towards smaller organizations and entrepreneurial individuals.
This is the context framing the 2016 World Media Economics and Management Conference. Our thematic focus is on economic, social and technological aspects of media economics and managing media companies.
The 2016 World Media Economics and Management Conference invites scholarly and original submissions that build on the previous work and contribute to new knowledge in the field of media economics and media management. We are calling for submissions that develop and apply novel methods and theories. We welcome both quantitative and qualitative work that crosses interdisciplinary boundaries and expands our understanding of the current and future trends in economics and managing media companies.
Submission themes
The following issues merit particular attention:
Global issues in managing media companies
Entrepreneurship within media sectors
Media and cultural industries in the digital era
The economics of public and community driven media
Strategic management and leadership in media organizations
Media policy and regulation around the world
Navigating change management in global and local media organizations
Role of social media in media product development and media distribution
Trends in media consumption patterns
Audience measurement and forecasting
Big data in understanding consumers and product development
Innovations in business model development
Finance in media business: corporate, venture, crowdfunding and nonprofit media
Media brands and branded media
Media workers and media creators “ changing demand for skills and competencies
Media entrepreneurs and start ups
Media discovery “ challenges in marketing of media products
Adoption and innovation patterns
Role of media organizations in society, politics, and culture
Ethical issues in managing media
Media and sports
Different traditions in media economics and management research (geographical and methodological differences)
Issues in pedagogy of media economics and media management
Submission procedure
- All papers needs to be submitted using the conference on-line tool indicated at the conference website wmemc.org
- The submission tool will be open from 1 July 2015 till 15 November 2015.
- All submissions and presentations must be in English.
- All submissions must follow instructions provided in paper submission instructions (see below).
- If multiple authors are involved, one should be designated to receive correspondence regarding the paper.
Paper submission instructions
- Full papers must be maximum of 40 pages (12 pt. Times New Roman, double spaced) including abstract (250 words), tables, pictures, references and/or appendix. Separate title page should include the paper title, author(s), university affiliation(s), e-mail(s) and postal address(es).
- Formatting: please follow APA paper and reference formatting style (https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/)
- Submitted papers must not have been previously presented, published or accepted for publication.
Submission review and publication
- All submissions will be double blind reviewed and selected by the members of the Scientific Committee and by ad hoc reviewers.
- To be included in the conference program, at least one of each paper´s co-authors must participate in the conference.
Important dates
1 July 2015: On-line submission opens for uploading
15 November 2015: Deadline for submitting papers (full papers)
15 January 2016: Notification of acceptance and early bird conference registration opens
15 March 2016: Early bird registration closes
1 May 2016: Conference registration closes
2-5 May: 2016 World Media Economics and Management Conference
Contact information
contact-at-wmemc.org
