This course will be helping to understand the vibes of media in this modern age. How media is playing an important role in economics to making money. The way media rules the government and the economy of the country will be covered in this course. If you pass the final exam you can earn our “Economics of the Media” certificate on your profile.
Assessment
This course does not involve any written exams. Students need to answer 5 assignment questions to complete the course, the answers will be in the form of written work in pdf or word. Students can write the answers in their own time. Each answer needs to be 200 words (1 Page). Once the answers are submitted, the tutor will check and assess the work.
Certification
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Course Credit: MR University
Course Curriculum
Module 01 | |||
The importance of fixed costs | 00:08:00 | ||
Non-rivalry in consumption | 00:07:00 | ||
Spatial models | 00:14:00 | ||
Network externalities | 00:09:00 | ||
Some economics of advertising | 00:08:00 | ||
The economics of payola | 00:07:00 | ||
Payola and conflict of interest | 00:07:00 | ||
Rossman Payola 1 | 00:02:00 | ||
Rossman Payola 2 | 00:06:00 | ||
Does consolidation lower variety? | 00:05:00 | ||
Multiple equilibria | 00:05:00 | ||
History of media economics | 00:06:00 | ||
Module 02 | |||
Steven Pearlstein on newspapers (Optional) | 00:08:00 | ||
James Hamilton, Markets for News (Optional) | 00:00:00 | ||
What drives media slant? | 00:06:00 | ||
Does competitiveness lower bias? | 00:05:00 | ||
Balance for ballot propositions | 00:03:00 | ||
Newspapers and agenda setting | 00:03:00 | ||
Ideological segregation | 00:05:00 | ||
Spectrum auctions, spectrum liberalization and the incomplete triumph of Coase | 00:13:00 | ||
State ownership | 00:06:00 | ||
Net Neutrality by Jerry Brito | 00:06:00 | ||
Network economics and ‘net neutrality’ regulation by Adam Thierer | 00:07:00 | ||
Weak and strong natural monopoly | 00:09:00 | ||
Cable TV regulation | 00:08:00 | ||
Bundling | 00:16:00 | ||
Copyright and music | 00:08:00 | ||
Module 03 | |||
Can the government influence private media? | 00:08:00 | ||
The unintended consequences of media | 00:06:00 | ||
The cultural diversity critique of markets | 00:09:00 | ||
Guide to Conspiracy Theories | 00:14:00 | ||
Avant garde and popular art | 00:13:00 | ||
The economics of Bollywood | 00:07:00 | ||
Cable TV and women | 00:03:00 | ||
Food crises and India’s media | 00:07:00 | ||
Exposing corruption in Brazil | 00:05:00 | ||
What do to about HIV/AIDS? | 00:04:00 | ||
Information Ecology | James T. Hamilton, All the News Thats Fit to Sell | 01:10:00 | ||
The Law and Economics of Net Neutrality | 01:46:00 | ||
Tim Groseclose—Media Bias | 00:33:00 | ||
Be suspicious of stories | Tyler Cowen | TEDxMidAtlantic | 00:17:00 | ||
Assessment | |||
Submit Your Assignment | 00:00:00 | ||
Certification | 00:00:00 |
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