School-aged children and adolescents under 18 in Ireland spend more time online than ever before. 'Digital technology' is a broad term that refers to electronic devices like computers, smartphones, smart TVs and game consoles. These devices can connect to the internet and access various types of...

This report outlines the findings of a study conducted by Open Evidence in collaboration with the London School of Economics, KEA European Affairs, and CINT. The study examines trends, behaviours, and preferences in media consumption across the European Union to support the European Commission's...

This report outlines the findings of a study conducted by Open Evidence in collaboration with the London School of Economics, KEA European Affairs, and CINT. The study examines trends, behaviours, and preferences in media consumption across the European Union to support the European Commission's...

How does media coverage of minorities affect their rule compliance? Using data from 800,000 random audits at supermarket self-checkouts in Italy, we show that heightened refugee media coverage reduces under-reporting of items among shoppers born in major refugee-source countries, but not other...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the variables affecting college students' consumption behaviour in the context of the internet celebrity economy and the We Media environment. Design/methodology/approach In this study, five independent variables − perceived ease of use,...

Media management scholars have identified various challenges for the contemporary media industry (Siegert et al., 2015): content overload in a hyper-connected world; increasing technology-driven socioethical implications; emerging innovative, new business models; and the development of approaches...

Chinese citizens are increasingly using WeChat, the most popular instant messaging app. With the growth and popularity of mobile terminals and mobile payment technology, WeChat payment has become the primary choice for more and more people to pay for their daily travel, shopping, and payment,...

Innovator. Brilliant. Narcissist. Many words have been used to describe Elon Musk. To his devoted fans, he is a visionary, driving the world forward, idolized as the real-life Marvel character, Tony Stark. To his critics, he is an unstable egotistical lunatic and needs to be reined in. Love or...

We study the value of and the demand for instrumentally-valuable information in a simple decision environment where signals are transparently polarized. We find that in both information aggregation and acquisition, subjects use sophisticated heuristics to counter the polarization in signals....

The article discusses the impact of social media use on reading habits among college and university students in Mizoram, a state in northeastern India. Despite having a strong literary tradition and high literacy rates, there are concerns about declining reading habits among students, and social...

Second screen usage by fans while watching sports events on TV has been increasing in recent years. Although second screens are frequently used in two-way communication with fans and sports clubs, few studies have examined the subject from a theoretical perspective to understand it better. This...

Individuals might experience negative utility from not consuming a popular product. For example, being inactive on social media can lead to social exclusion or not owning luxury brands can be associated with having a low social status. We show that, in the presence of such spillovers to...

Individuals might experience negative utility from not consuming a popular product. For example, being inactive on social media can lead to social exclusion or not owning luxury brands can be associated with having a low social status. We show that, in the presence of such spillovers to...

With the rise of online video content, especially the growth of online video consumption during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, this study focuses on Google's video search as an important but understudied platform to explore Google's role in three media diversity areas - format-type...

Social media live streams (SMLSs) are becoming mainstream e-commerce platforms, especially for direct selling, offering online retailers (e-tailers) immense consumer interaction and engagement levels. Despite their growing prevalence, e-tailers face difficulties capitalising on this platform to...

We examine how the media's systematic selection of reporting topics influences household responses to inflation news. In a model where households learn about inflation from news coverage, households account for news selection when forming their expectations. Because media are more likely to...

We study how AI-generated misinformation affects demand for trustworthy news, using data from a field experiment by a major German outlet, Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ). Readers were randomly assigned to a treatment highlighting the challenge of distinguishing real from AI-generated images. The...

Access to Information and Media Pluralism in the Technological, Economic, and Legal Context-Introductory Remarks -- Related Rights to Press Publication in Light of the CDSM Directive and National Laws -- Exclusive Rights of Press Publishers in Light of the CDSM Directive and National Laws --...