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Helle Sjøvaag | Lead Researcher

University of Stavanger

Helle Sjøvaag is Professor of Journalism at the University of Stavanger, Norway. Her research focuses on media economics, digital infrastructures, datafication and regulation of the communication industries. She currently leads the project The datafication of communicative power: Towards an independent media policy for Norway’s digital infrastructures, funded by the Research Council of Norway. Her most recent book is The markets for news: Enduring structures in the age of business model disruptions (Routledge, 2023).

Selected publications

Ferrer-Conill, R., Sjøvaag, H., & Olsen, R. (2023). Datafied Societies: Digital Infrastructures, Data Power, and Regulations. Media and Communication, 11(2), 291-295. doi:https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v11i2.7317

Sjøvaag, H., & Owren, T. (2023). Risk perception in newspaper chains: Threats, uncertainties and corporate boundary work. Journalism, 24(4), 767–784. https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849211031363

Ferrer-Conill, R., Karlsson, M., Haim, M., Kammer, A., Elgesem, D., & Sjøvaag, H. (2023). Toward ‘Cultures of Engagement’? An exploratory comparison of engagement patterns on Facebook news posts. New Media & Society, 25(1), 95–118. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448211009246

Sjøvaag, H. (2022). The Markets for News: Enduring Structures in the Age of Business Model Disruptions. Taylor & Francis.

Sjøvaag, H., Pedersen, T. A., & Owren, T. (2019). Is public service broadcasting a threat to commercial media? Media, Culture & Society, 41(6), 808–827. https://doi.org/10.1177/0163443718818354

Tom Evens | Lead Researcher

Ghent University

Tom Evens is an Assistant Professor in Media Industries and Technology Policy at the Department of Communication Sciences at Ghent University, Belgium. Tom specializes in the economics and policies of digital media and technology markets, with particular interest in streaming platforms, sport media rights, business models and digital radio. He is the lead author of The Political Economy of Television Sports Rights (Palgrave, 2013) and Platform Power and Policy in Transforming Television Markets (Springer, 2018) and the co-editor of Media Management Matters: Challenges and Opportunities for Bridging Theory and Practice (Routledge, 2020).

Evens, T.; Donders, K. & Afilipoaie, A. (2020). Platform policies in the European Union. Journal of Digital Media & Policy, 11(3), 283-300.

Rohn, U. & Evens, T. (2020). Media Management Matters. Challenges for Bridging Theory and Practice. New York: Routledge

Evens, T. (2020). DAB+ as a Systemic Innovation: Stakeholder Interests and the Introduction of Digital Radio. European Journal of Communication, 25(5), 502-517

Evens, T. & Donders. K. (2018). Platform Power and Policy in Transforming Television Markets. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

Evens, T. (2018). Media economics and transformation in a digital Europe. In: d’Haenens, L. Sousa, H. & Trappel, J. (Eds.), Comparative Media Policy, Regulation and Governance in Europe. Unpacking the Policy Cycle (pp. 41-54).

Evens, T. & Donders, K. (2016). Mergers and acquisitions in TV broadcasting and distribution: challenges for competition, industrial and media policy. Telematics and Informatics (special issue: Television distribution – economic dimensions, emerging policies), 33(2), 674-682.

Smith, P.; Evens, T. & Iosifidis, P. (2016). The Next Big Match: Convergence, Competition and Sports Media Rights. European Journal of Communication, 31(5), 536-550

Evens, T.; Iosifidis, P. & Smith, P. (2013). The Political Economy of Television Sports Rights. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

Evens, T. & Donders, K. (2013). Broadcast market structures and retransmission payments: a European perspective. Media, Culture & Society, 35(4), 415-432.

Anders Henten | Lead Researcher

Aalborg Universitet

Anders Henten is Professor at the section of Communication, Media and Information technologies (CMI) at the Department of Electronic Systems at Aalborg University in Copenhagen. He is a graduate in communications and international development studies from Roskilde University in Denmark (1989) and holds a PhD from the Technical University of Denmark (1995). He has worked professionally in the area of communications economy and policy for more than 30 years.

His research is within the area of political economy of ICT: ICT developments and markets, Communications policy and regulation, ICT convergence and the media, ICT innovations.

Henten, A. and Tadayoni, R. (2020) Fading public control of audio-visual media, ITS European conference, June 2020.

Falch, M. and Henten, A. (2018) Dimensions of broadband policy and development, Telecommunications Policy, vol. 42, no. 9, pp. 715-725.

Sørensen, J.K., Henten, A., Tadayoni, R. and Kosta, S. (2018) PSM independence, third part web services and the security of supply, RIPE 2018 – CICOM 34th International Communications Conference.

Henten, A. and Tadayoni, R. (2015) The dominance of the IT industry in a converging ICT ecosystem, in Mitomo, H., Fuke, H. and Bohlin, E. (red.) The smart revolution towards the sustainable digital society: Beyond the era of convergence, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 15-34.

Tim Raats | Lead Researcher

Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Tim Raats is Professor at the Department of Communication Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit Brussels. He holds a PhD in media and communication studies at the same university. Tim lectures Political Economy of the creative industries (BA3), EU Media and Communication Policies (Master NME), European Media Policy (Ba3) and Media Policy (BA2). Tim also coordinates the Medialab of the communication sciences department and coordinates the module ‘Audiovisual Production’ in the Postgraduate Media Economics.

Iordache, C., Raats, T., & Donders, K. (2022). The “Netflix Tax”: An Analysis of Investment Obligations for On-Demand Audiovisual Services in The European Union. International Journal of Communication, 16, 545-565.

Raats, T., & Tintel, S. (2021). Bestedingsverplichtingen voor audiovisuele content in Vlaanderen: visienota. In opdracht van de Vlaamse Onafhankelijke Film en Televisieproducenten. Studies on Media, Information and Telecommunication (SMIT).

Raats, T., Tintel, S., & Evens, T. (2021). Evaluatie van de maatschappelijke meerwaarde van Qmusic en Joe. Studie in opdracht van DPG Media. (undisclosed). Studies on Media, Information and Telecommunication (SMIT).

Raats, T., Tintel, S., & Asmar, A. (2021). Hoe Netflix fictie in Vlaanderen herdefinieerde. In Media en innovatie in een veranderende samenleving (pp. 42-61). Brussel: ASP.

Komorowski, M., Iordache, C., Kostovska, I., Tintel, S., & Raats, T. (2021). Investment obligations for VOD providers to financially contribute to the production of European works: a 2021 update. Brussels: Studies on Media, Information and Telecommunication (SMIT).

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