Aims and Scope

Aims

The principal aim of the Media Management Review (MMR) is to publish authentic, peer-reviewed research studies that promote managerial and business perspectives within the field of media management. The journal seeks to drive research efforts in this direction by fostering a deeper understanding of the business dynamics inherent to media organizations. Key goals of the journal include:
  • Encouraging Interdisciplinary Research: Bridging the fields of information technology, business, business policy, entrepreneurship, and media management.
  • Advancing Methodological Applications: Promoting studies that apply social media data analysis to solve complex media management problems.
  • Theoretical Development: Advancing the view of institutional and evolutionary economics within the context of media management.
  • Knowledge Synthesis: Classifying and analyzing existing knowledge in the field through the review of previous empirical research to establish a robust foundation for future study.

Scope

The Media Management Review  (MMR) invites submissions covering a wide range of topics related to the business, management, and economics of media. Specific areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
  • Strategy & Economics:
    • Media economics (evolutionary, institutional, mainstream, and political economies)
    • Strategic management in the media industry
    • Business models in media organizations
    • Competitive advantages and dynamic capabilities of media companies
    • Ownership structures, monopoly, and competition in the media industry
    • Emerging markets and niche markets in the media industry
  • Operations & Management:
    • Human resource management in media organizations
    • Management of non-profit organizations, news agencies, and media organizations
    • Distributors and suppliers of the media industry
    • Legal issues and intellectual property rights in organizations and media platforms
    • Media policy
  • Innovation & Technology:
    • Media innovation (open, fundamental, gradual, imitative, and user-oriented)
    • Modern technologies and media (big data, cloud computing, IoT, virtual reality, augmented reality, etc.)
    • Application of computational methods in tackling problems of media organizations
    • Social networks and multimedia platforms
  • Content & Audience:
    • Advertising models and new forms of monetization in the media industry
    • Surveying audience and media consumer behaviors
    • Content strategies and user-generated content
    • Entertainment and digital games industry
  • Entrepreneurship & Education:
    • Media entrepreneurship and organizational entrepreneurship in the media industry
    • Teaching media management
    • Research methods in media and social media analysis methods.