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Nordic Journal of Media Management
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This is an Open Access Journal

Open Access journal
ISSN (Online) 2597-0445
Published by Aalborg University

[18 journals]

Enterprise as the Central Focus in Media Management Research
- Authors: Datis Khajeheian
  Pages: 1 - 5
  PubDate: 2020-03-01
  DOI: 10.5278/njmm.2597-0445.3912
  Issue No: Vol. 1, No. 1 (2020)
Entrepreneurial orientation – an overlooked theoretical concept for
studying media firms
- Authors: Leona Achtenhagen
  Pages: 7 - 21
  Abstract: Current changes in the media industries not only provide a range of new business opportunities for entrepreneurial start-ups, they also force legacy media firms to engage in corporate entrepreneurship and (re-)develop their entrepreneurial orientation as part of their strategic renewal. In recent years, media entrepreneurship has emerged as an area of study within media business studies, but it still lacks theoretical anchoring. While in mainstream entrepreneurship research entrepreneurial orientation (EO) has developed into a highly prominent theoretical concept, it has been largely overlooked for the study of media firms to date. This paper introduces entrepreneurial orientation to media business studies. It characterizes EO’s different dimensions and reviews relevant studies, and then illustrates the dimensions of the EO concept by drawing on the case example of a European online publisher. The case shows how different dimensions of EO are at play in the media firm and how the relevance of these dimensions is not stable over time, but in constant flux. Such process perspective on EO is outlined as a major future research opportunity for media entrepreneurship studies.
  PubDate: 2020-03-01
  DOI: 10.5278/njmm.2597-0445.3668
  Issue No: Vol. 1, No. 1 (2020)
Digital Media Entrepreneurship: Implications for Strategic Identity Work
and Knowledge Sharing of Beginning Entrepreneurs
- Authors: Sven-Ove Horst, Erik Hitters
  Pages: 23 - 44
  Abstract: Digital media technologies transform the ways in which entrepreneurs communicate, organize and strategize. Yet, how strategy work is practiced as a form of “mediated” engagement with audiences through social media technologies remains a novel ground. Therefore, this paper traces the growing interdisciplinary literature and describes (1) how media is playing a more predominant role in entrepreneurship, (2) how classical media entrepreneurship is opening up, and (3) how digital media entrepreneurship (DME) emerges. Subsequently, the paper envisions how DME can be seen as a strategic practice of entrepreneurs. We discuss implications for entrepreneurial strategy work regarding entrepreneurial identity development and entrepreneurial knowledge construction, with a particular emphasis on co-location. Overall, this contributes to our understanding of strategy work of beginning entrepreneurs and sheds light on possibilities for future research.
  PubDate: 2020-03-01
  DOI: 10.5278/njmm.2597-0445.3612
  Issue No: Vol. 1, No. 1 (2020)
Successful Exploration: Organisational Ambidexterity and Performance in
News Media Firms
- Authors: François Pierre Nel, Coral Milburn-Curtis, Katja Lehtisaari
  Pages: 45 - 62
  Abstract: This paper sheds light on the distinctive nature of entrepreneurial-oriented behaviours in news media firms by: (1) reconsidering conceptualisations of exploitation and exploration in the industry in order to provide further clarity to Organisational Ambidexterity (OA) measures; (2) offering a multidimensional construct for success of innovations that combines both objective and perceptual measures to allow direct comparisons; (3) drawing on data from a longitudinal study into the decision making of news media executives worldwide that provides historical and industry contexts; and (4) testing whether there are significant differences between the OA priorities of leaders at firms that report successes versus those who report poor performances. The investigation draws on the statistical analysis of original data collected from 1438 individuals in 107 countries. Though the results are based on a large sample, there still are limitations to the research, since the sample was self-selected, and the analysis methodology cross-sectional. However, objectivity was ensured through rigorous quantitative analysis, based upon strict significance testing. This study provides alternative definitions of exploitation and exploration and tests the relationships between them and the performance of news media firms. In so doing, it answers both the specific appeal for greater clarity of OA measures, as well as calls to test and expand existing theory in various contexts, and to develop theory that is directly pertinent to media management science.
  PubDate: 2020-03-01
  DOI: 10.5278/njmm.2597-0445.3495
  Issue No: Vol. 1, No. 1 (2020)
Crowdfunded Journalism and Social Entrepreneurship: An Examination of
Narrative and Entrepreneur Legitimacy
- Authors: Jiyoung Cha
  Pages: 63 - 80
  Abstract: Crowdfunding is widely used for journalism, whose primary purpose is to provide information that citizens need. Therefore, this study frames journalism crowdfunding as social entrepreneurship and investigates how the characteristics of narratives and entrepreneurs influence citizens’ financial support for journalism crowdfunding. An analysis of journalism crowdfunding campaigns reveals how social change aims, public interest, past and future narratives, entrepreneurs’ gender and their affiliation with mainstream news outlets predict funding for journalism crowdfunding projects. The results provide both theoretical and practical implications for the role of narratives in gaining financial resources and the potential of crowdfunded journalism as a tool for social change.
  PubDate: 2020-03-01
  DOI: 10.5278/njmm.2597-0445.3536
  Issue No: Vol. 1, No. 1 (2020)
Political Economy of Media Entrepreneurship: Power, Control and Ideology
in a News Media Enterprise
- Authors: Sreekala Girija
  Pages: 81 - 101
  Abstract: With digital technologies crushing entry barriers, India is witnessing a new wave of digital news media entrepreneurship. Many of these news start-ups, set up by former journalists, want to challenge the corporate control of media by adopting new revenue models that do not depend on advertising. However, very little research exists on news media entrepreneurship in India. Using the case study of an ad-less digital news media start-up, this study explores the objectives of news media entrepreneurship and the role of technology in creating an independent space for democratic interactions. Analyses of the interview and textual data reveal that news media entrepreneurship is an ideological process and that digital technologies do not always create and sustain democratic interactive space for news. The study shows that the government and corporates control the Internet and social media and a media organization that is totally dependent on these technologies for news distribution faces protracted legal battles and possible censorship.
  PubDate: 2020-03-01
  DOI: 10.5278/njmm.2597-0445.3651
  Issue No: Vol. 1, No. 1 (2020)
Two Agency Problems in Subcontracting Systems : The Case of Japan’s
Content Industry
- Authors: Akio Torii
  Pages: 103 - 119
  Abstract: This study explains why a closed vertical cooperation system in Japan works in its assembly industry but not in its content industry using the multitask agency and common agency theories. Both theories attribute this issue in the content industry to inefficiencies in the overall subcontracting system and the asymmetric distribution of benefits. Two characteristics of the content industry further aggravate this problem. First, quality attributes of products in the content industry are difficult to verify, and thus, there are discrepancies between the evaluations of prime contractors and the efforts of subcontractors, leading to a moral hazard type of inefficiency. The unverifiable quality is used as a pretext by prime contractors to ‘hold up’ subcontractors. Second, in cases where subcontractors are common agents serving multiple contractors and technologies are applicable to each contractor in common, an adverse selection type of inefficiency is intensified, and prime contractors tend to squeeze surplus from subcontractors. In fact, most content producers in Japan serve multiple contractors. Given that the literature is yet to thoroughly address these factors, the findings can offer key insights on the topic. They highlight the importance of recognizing the essential features of the abovementioned problems to vitalize Japan’s content industry.
  PubDate: 2020-03-01
  DOI: 10.5278/njmm.2597-0445.3456
  Issue No: Vol. 1, No. 1 (2020)