is Íslenska en English

Lokaverkefni (Bakkalár)

Háskóli Íslands > Félagsvísindasvið > B.A./B.Ed./B.S. verkefni - Félagsvísindasvið >

Vinsamlegast notið þetta auðkenni þegar þið vitnið til verksins eða tengið í það: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/11245

Titill: 
  • Titill er á ensku News economics. How property rights and the price mechanism influence media content
Námsstig: 
  • Bakkalár
Leiðbeinandi: 
Útdráttur: 
  • Útdráttur er á ensku

    Deterioration of news quality over the last decade or more has been widely reported by media studies scholars, officials and journalists alike. The theories provided by critics to explain the phenomenon are somewhat unconvincing thus far. This thesis attempts to contribute to the literature on news quality by explaining it as a function of property rights using the New Institutional Economics paradigm within a flexible and original analytical framework. It is argued that “common pool news“ based on widely recognised information is overproduced due to similar reasons that common pool resources are overharvested. It is also argued that advances in information technologies have eroded property rights by making copying of original news, or scoops, easier, thus making it harder for the originators of scoops to reap the benefit of their production, causing an underemployment of resources to independent investigation and analysis. Simple models are presented to support both hypotheses, as well as data on media coverage in the years preceding the collapse of the Icelandic banking system. Some remedies are suggested, including government subsidies. General recommendations for an optimal subsidy scheme are made, supported by a six country overview of media subsidies in western Europe.

Samþykkt: 
  • 2.5.2012
URI: 
  • http://hdl.handle.net/1946/11245


Skrár
Skráarnafn Stærð AðgangurLýsingSkráartegund 
HafsteinnThesis.pdf1.39 MBOpinnHeildartextiPDFSkoða/Opna