Topic
V 1 Artisanal Society
V 1.1 folk culture
* oral tradition
* traditional
* passed down one-to-one
V 1.2 high culture
* written tradition
* classical
* scarcity of objects
V 1.3 handmade production
* local markets
* small scale
V 2 Industrial Society
V 2.1 Economies of Scale
V unit cost declines as production quantities increase
V first copy
* production costs
* staff salaries
* taxes
* investor dividends
* loan repayments
V marginal / incremental costs
* marketing
* duplication costs
* increased staffing
* more facilities
* production costs spread across mass audiences
V large operations
* greater investment
* greater revenue
* greater profits
V supply and demand
* economies of scale create cost savings
* consumers will buy more
* increase economies of scale
* improved efficiency
V Competition
V size
* local
* national
* global
V scale
V monopoly
* one company dominates
* sets pricing
* local monopolies are common
V duopoly
* two independent companies dominate
* newspapers, radio/TV station owners
V oligopoly
* few companies dominate
* most common in media
V barriers to entry
* obstacles to entering a market
* high costs
* less access to capital
V 2.2 Mass Media Revenue
V direct sales
* purchases by consumers
V rentals
* payment to borrow the product
V subscriptions
* payment for a continuing service
V usage fees
* admission fees
* pay-to-play
V advertising
* indirect payment
* payment for exposure to audience
V syndication
* payment to rent content between media companies
V license fees and royalties
* compensation for content creation
V subsidies
* government payments
* socially valuable
* not commercially sustainable
V voluntary donations
* corporations, foundations, individuals
* pay-as-you-wish
* compensate for valuable content
V 3 Market Segmentation
V 3.1 narrowcasting
* media competition
* fragmented audience
V 3.2 factors
V information technologies have lowered production costs
* easier to profit from smaller audiences
V advertisers value small but targeted audiences
* higher price for specific audiences
V research techniques and consumer information databases aggregate a large audience across narrowcast media
* more efficient than using mass media and reaching everyone
V traditional mass media have lost audiences to narrowcasters
* respond with narrowly targeted programs of their own
V 4 New Media Economics
V 4.1 Personalization
* market segmentation scaled down to individuals
* advertisers benefit precisely target specific ads
* first-copy costs are not an issue
V 4.2 New Media Revenue
* advertising (Google AdWords)
* pay subscription (newspaper pay wall)
* commissions (eBay)
* social media gathers free content (Facebook)