Course Catalog 2013-2014
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Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University

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Course Catalog 2013-2014

TLO-35406 Business Concepts in Entertainment and Media Production, 5 cr
Business Concepts in Entertainment and Media Production
TLO-35406 2013-01

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Lecture times and places
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 3 h/week
 12 h/per
 24 h/per



 



 
Monday 16 - 18, TB223


Description:

Entertainment and media environments are very specific to business domains. This course focuses on the understanding of the business environment with a special focus on different media domains. The world of media underlies different principles than other production companies. Within the scope of this course, methods in media economics are presented, ranging from quantitative and analytical frameworks up to market analysis and audience research. Corporate strategies especially focusing on competition analysis, and organizational management are as well presented. Different business models such as advertising or subscription based services are analyzed. The theoretical knowledge by illustrative case studies from traditional media environments, such as TV, radio, print, and cable industry. However, the main focus is to give insights into newly emerging media industries, such as social media, ambient/ubiquitous media, digital gaming, and other emerging services in the age of Web 2.0/Web 3.0. The goal is to provide practical understanding of concepts, issues, and solutions in the latest emerging media forms. After the course students shall have knowledge of: 1. Marketing, planning, analysis, and management in TV, film, radio, gaming, Web, and new media 2. Entertainment and media domain specific aspects in marketing, strategy, and economics 3. New service ecosystems in times of the WWW 4. Business concepts in latest media environments such as the web, games, and digital distribution

Person responsible:

Kaveh Khaleghi
Artur Lugmayr

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Methods of instruction:


Contact teaching: 0 %
Distance learning: 0 %
Proportion of a student´s independent study: 0 %