In this study, we analyze the Japanese TV audience's preference for time-shifted viewing (TSV), which was introduced in the media market October 2015. This service has various characteristics such as a simple fee-charging video-providing service through the Internet, by which network...

We customize the aggregative game approach to oligopoly to study asymmetric media markets. Advertiser, platform, and consumer surplus are tied together by a simple summary statistic. When media are ad-financed and ads are a nuisance to consumers we establish see-saws between consumers and...

The aim of this paper is to investigate the effect of the simultaneous use of mass and social media on the users' level of general knowledge of social issues in the highly mediated society in Japan. In particular, it focuses on one of the recent major trends in media convergence known as...

Die vorliegende Studie befasst sich mit dem Forschungsgegenstand Web-TV im Hinblick auf Qualität und Akzeptanz. Mittels eines triangulatorischen Methodenansatzes wird Web-TV aus den Perspektiven der Anbieter, der Nutzer und anhand exemplarischer Angebote analysiert. Dazu wurde ein...

This paper estimates the effect of trust on internet use by studying the general population as well as second generation immigrants in 29 European countries with ancestry in 87 nations. There is a significant positive effect of trust on internet use. The positive trust effect is not universal to...

Dieses Papier untersucht mit Paneldaten des Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS), inwieweit die Nutzung von Fernsehgeräten das Fertilitäts- bzw. Verhüttungsverhalten von Frauen im ländlichen Indonesien beeinflusst. Die Ergebnisse der Untersuchung zeigen einen positiven und signifikanten...

This paper estimates the effect of trust on internet use by studying the general population as well as second generation immigrants in 29 European countries with ancestry in 87 nations. There is a significant positive effect of trust on internet use. The positive trust effect is not universal to...

"On disait la télévision à l'agonie, dépassée dans les années 1980 par la VHS, dans les années 1990 par le DVD, dans les années 2000 par Internet et dans les années 2010 par les réseaux sociaux. De fait, une certaine télévision est en train de mourir : celle de la passivité, de...

Viewer's private information consumption generates external benefits for society, because information improves the ability of voters to control politicians. Our study compares two settings in a free-to-air TV market: a differentiated duopoly of private channels and an oligopoly with both private...