Mass Media Industries: The Economic Games
A special issue of Games (ISSN 2073-4336). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Game Theory".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 2052
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Media industries, platforms and markets, as enablers of communication, function as our societies' nervous system and are of vital importance for a society's healthy functioning and development. They generate numerous externalities and have a fundamental public goods role to fulfil, which clearly sets them apart from other industries. They are simultaneously a natural target for advertising and public relations and are often subject to interference by commercial, political and other individual actors and special interest groups. This Special Issue of Games is devoted to the study of media industries with a focus on the game-theoretic and economic underpinnings that contribute to a better understanding of their "good" functioning. Some of the topics of interest include—but are not limited to—media and platform competition, the independence and quality of media provision, media payment systems, copyright, social media and misinformation, media and big data, privacy, internet neutrality, search engines and the fairness of ranking algorithms. We are interested in both game-theoretical papers as well as game-theoretically motivated empirical and even experimental papers, relating to the economics of the media. We welcome authors with research on these topics to submit their contributions to this Special Issue of Games.
Dr. Fabrizio Germano
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- economics of mass media
- media and platform competition
- media quality
- media independence
- social media
- media and big data
- search engines and ranking algorithms
