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Competition and media performance : a cross-national analysis of corporate goals of media companies in 12 countries
Publikationstyp
Journal Article
Date Issued
2020-01-01
Sprache
English
Volume
14
Start Page
6154
End Page
6181
Citation
International Journal of Communication 14: 6154-6181 (2020)
Scopus ID
Despite digitization and platformization, mass media and established media companies still play a crucial role in the provision of journalistic content in democratic societies. Competition is one key driver of (media) company behavior and is considered to have an impact on the media's performance. However, theory and empirical research are ambiguous about the relationship. The objective of this article is to empirically analyze the effect of competition on media performance in a cross-national context. We assessed media performance of media companies as the importance of journalistic goals within their stated corporate goal system. We conducted a content analysis of letters to the shareholders in annual reports of more than 50 media companies from 2000 to 2014 to operationalize journalistic goal importance. When employing a fixed effects regression analysis, as well as a fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis, results suggest that competition has a positive effect on the importance of journalistic goals, while the existence of a strong public service media sector appears to have the effect of “crowding out” commercial media companies.
Subjects
competition
fixed effects regression
fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis
media performance
public service media
DDC Class
330: Economics
020: Library and Information Sciences
070: Journalism and Publishing