Benjamin J. Bates

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Media Economics/Policy

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Papers and Publications

Eventually I hope to have many (perhaps most) of my conference papers and publications available on-line. It's slow going at the moment. Also, it's not always possible to get permission to post work published in journals or books.  In those cases, I'm posting the earlier versions that were presented at conferences.  For now, the following research papers are available:

Information, Value, and Policy (The Social Economics approach)

• "Transforming Information Markets: Implications of the Digital Network Economy."  ASIS&T, Columbus, 2008.
• "Framing Media Economics Policy: A Social Economics Approach."  World Media Economics,  Lisbon, 2008.
• "Shifting Power Through Focus: The Social Economic Approach to Information and Media Policy Research."  IAMCR , Paris, 2007.
• "Are Broadcaster Rights in the Public Interest? A Social Economics Analysis of the WIPO's Draft Broadcast Treaty."  ICA, San Francisco, 2007.
• "Value and Digital Rights Management: A Social Economics Approach."   AEJMC, San Francisco, 2006.
• Response to Digital Technology and the Copyright Act 1994 Position Paper."  Solicited response to New Zealand Ministry of Economic Development with regard to updating copyright policy to deal with digital technologies. (2004)
• "Copyright Reform: Promoting Creativity or Corporate Welfare?  A Present Value Approach."  ICA, Washington, 2001.
• "Reinvigorating Fair Use: A Social Economics Approach."  ICA, San Francisco, 1999.
• "Information as an Economic Good: A Re-evaluation of Theoretical Approaches."  ICA, Honolulu, 1985
• "The Role of Social Values in Information Policy: The Case of France and Japan."  ICA, San Francisco, 1984.

Media Markets, Economics, & Policy

• "Driving Under the Influence: The Role of Policy in Media Convergence."  IAMCR, 2007.
• "The WIPO Broadcast Treaty: Saving Value in Broadcasting Markets?"  ITERA, Lexington, 2006.
• "Transforming Media Markets. Products, Values: Implications of the digital/telecommunications revolution."  SSCA, Lexington, 2006.
• "Consuming Choice: Audiences and Added Value in Media Products."  Consuming Audiences Workshop, Copenhagen, 2006.
• "The Economic Value of Media Websites."  World Media Economics, Pamplona, 2000.
• "Valuation of Media Properties."  Bates, Benjamin J.  In A. Alexander, J. Owers, and R. Carveth (Eds.), Media Economics: A Reader.  Second Edition (pp. 73-94).   Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1998.  (Since this topic was dropped from the current edition, I have permission to post online)
• "The Economic Value of Radio News: Testing the Assumptions of Deregulation"  ICA, May 1993. (later version published in JOBEM)
• "Concentration in Local Television Markets."  AEJMC, Minneapolis,  1990.  (later version published in JME)
• "Channel Diversity in Cable Television."  AEJMC, Washington, 1989. (later version published in JOBEM)
• "Deregulation and station trafficking."  AEJMC, Portland, 1988.  (later version published in JOBEM)
• "Models, Methods, and Assumptions: Are assumptions of constant influence in models of television spot prices valid?"  AEJMC, San Antonio, August 1987.
• "The Impact of Time on Models of Television Spot Prices."  ICA, Montreal, 1987.
• "Modeling Cable Penetration: An Examination of Three Diffusion Models."  ICA, Chicago, 1986. (later version published in SMCJ)
• "Economic Theory and Broadcasting."  AEJMC, Memphis, 1985.  (ERIC version) (Later version published in Comm Yearbook 10)
• "Determining Television Advertising Rates."  ICA, Dallas, 1983. (later version published in Communication Yearbook 7)

Macro-Social Approaches to Media & Information System Development

Main theoretical Perspectives:

• "The Macrosocial Impact of Communication Systems: Access, Bias, Control." ICA, Washington, 1993. 
• Conceptualizing the Information Society: The Search for a Definition of Social Attributes."  ICA, San Francisco, 1984.

Applications:

• "Media Organizational Structure, Funding, and Development: An examination of telephony diffusion."  AEJMC, Washington, 1995.  (later version published in book)
• "Information Utilities and Information Societies: Considering PC-based Information Networks as an Alternative."  ICA, New Orleans, 1988.  (later version published in Telecom Policy)

New Media and Technology

• "WebTV: How Broadcast Television is Using the World Wide Web."  AEJMC, Chicago, 1997. 
• "Television and The Web: How local television broadcasters are using the World Wide Web."  BEA, Las Vegas, 1996.
• "The New World of Democratic Telecommunications: FIDONET as an example of the new horizontal information networks."  ICA, Miami, 1992
• "Interactive technologies are people too: An exploration of demographic and social factors affecting the adoption of interactive telephone technologies."  ICA, San Francisco, 1989.  (later version published in SMCJ)

China & Asia

• "From Political Risk to Grass-Roots Enlightenment: Fostering Civil Consciousness through Environmental Communication in China."  IAMCR conference, Stockholm, 2008.
• "Copyright in China: Implementation Issues in Electronic Media."   IAMCR conference, Stockholm, 2008.
• "Online Public Sphere & Democracy in China."  IAMCR conference, Stockholm, 2008.
• "Fear and Loathing in Hong Kong: Media Use and Political (Dis)Trust on the Road to 1997."  MAPOR, Chicago, 1993.

Other (Public Opinion)

• "Katrina and the Waves: College Student News Seeking Information at times of Prolonged Disaster Coverage."  MAPOR, Chicago, 2006.
• "Public Opinion and the Two Pornography Commissions."  AAPOR, Hershey, 1987.  (later version published in SMCJ)

Hong Kong Economic Journal, contributions to the Global Telecommunications Watch column.

Bates, Benjamin J. "Telecommunications Networks and the Potential for Control." November 1991.

Bates, Benjamin J. "Telecommunication Policy and Cultural Lag." August 1992.

Bates, Benjamin J. "Adding Channels: A Quick Lesson in TV Economics." September 1992.

Bates, Benjamin J. "Considering the Value of Localism in Telecommunications." December 1992.

Bates, Benjamin J. "Uncertainty and the Demand for Pay TV." February 1993.

Because of potential copyright issues, published articles and book chapters may not make it on-line for some time. A full list of publications, papers, and presentations is available on a separate page. Click the link below to access that list..

BJBates Papers & Publications