our network
Researchers
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.