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emma 2024 in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands

Mark your calendars! emma 2024 will occur in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, June 5-8. The conference will be hosted by NHL Stenden University with Erasmus University. The conference theme is Media Innovation and ...
18/06/2022

ECR Grants for #emmaLeeuwarden

The European Media Management Association (emma) finds it important to encourage PhD students and postdocs to participate in our annual conferences, share with us their research results and familiarize themselves ...
16/04/2024

Call for nominations emma Award 2024

The emma Board is pleased to invite nominations for the recipient of the emma Award 2024. If the emma Award will be issued in 2024, this will be announced during ...
05/04/2024

Join #emmaconnect: apply before March 18th 2024!

Dear early-stage researchers, After two successful programmes, we kick off the third edition of #emmaconnect.  We are happy to invite PhD- and early career researchers to participate in this initiative ...
05/03/2024

emmaTalk: European Audiovisual Observatory – A hidden data treasure for media management?

Join us on March 20 at 5 PM for the upcoming emmaTalk on “European Audiovisual Observatory – A Hidden Data Treasure for Media Management?” featuring the following speakers: Our speakers ...
29/02/2024

PhD workshop @ #emmaLeeuwarden!

emma aims to support the development of early career researchers by offering a PhD workshop on June 5th, the day before #emmaleeuwarden starts. As part of the pre-conference activities a ...
31/01/2024

#emmaTalk on Democratic Backsliding and the Media: insights from overlooked regions

Join us for a compelling roundtable discussion delving into the pressing issue of democratic backsliding and its intricate relationship with the media in regions of critical concern: Turkey, the Balkans, ...
09/11/2023

Last Chance to Discover “The Knowledge-Share Communities (#university&emmahub)”

Debut at emma: An Exceptional Experience  “The Knowledge-Share Communities (#university&emmahub)” is an unique event, which debuts this year (November 16-17, 2023). It focuses on regionally important media events and then ...
24/10/2023

Report emma Research Grant available

In 2019 John Mills (University of Central Lancashire, UK), Ana Cecilia B. Nunes (PURCS-Brazil), Eduardo Campos Pellanda (PUCRS-Brazil) and João Canavilhas (University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal) were awarded the ...
21/06/2023

emma conference location 2024

Mark your calendars! emma 2024 will occur in Leeuwarden The Netherlands on 6-7 June. NHL Stenden University will host the conference in collaboration with Erasmus University. Prof. UAS Dr. Bianca ...
21/06/2023

emma Award 2023

Robert G. Picard, an esteemed senior research fellow at the Reuters Institute, University of Oxford, a fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School, and a fellow of ...
21/06/2023

emma Best Paper Award 2023

Mart Ots, Leona Achtenhagen, Peter Berglez, Maria Grafström, and Ulrika Olausson won the Best Paper Award 2023 for their paper: “Sustainable communication: Roles and challenges of news media organizations in ...
21/06/2023

ECR Grant 2023 winners are…

Our Early Career Researcher emma Annual Conference Grant aims to support young researchers to get exposure and recognition for their work by enabling individuals to help present their work at ...
18/05/2023

Introducing: The Knowledge-Share Communities

We are happy to announce that we collaborate with the University of Warsaw and regional partners on an exciting new venture: The Knowledge-Share Communities (#university_emmahub) a new, exclusive, unconventional un-conference/workshop ...
04/05/2023

Early Career Researcher emma Annual Conference Grant 2023

Presenting research findings and participating in scientific dialogue are essential experiences in the career development of researchers. Furthermore, PhD students and post-docs often provide new and timely research results that ...
25/03/2023

#emmatalk Level up: What the media industry can learn from gaming

We are pleased to announce the upcoming #emmatalk, which will explore the topic of “What lessons can media management learn from the gaming industry?” Our panel will examine the significance ...
16/03/2023

Registration for #emmaPamplona open!

The acceptance letters for #emmaPamplona have been sent out and registration for the conference is now open! If you sign up as an emma member for 2023 you are eligible ...
07/03/2023

#emmaTalk on VR in Media

The next #emmatalk takes place at January 26th, 5pm CET. The topic is “Implementation of VR in the media: from journalism to media marketing. Lost opportunity or the chance of ...
24/01/2023

Call for emma Doctoral Summer School 2023

Dear doctoral students and early-stage post-docs, seize the opportunity and apply for the emma Doctoral Summer School 2023 hosted by LUT Business School in Lappeenranta, Finland, in August 14-18. The ...
19/12/2022

CFP #emmapamplona

The next emma conference is hosted by the School of Communication of the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain from 7th to the 9th June 2023. The theme of the ...
15/11/2022

#emmaTalk on January 12th!

We are happy to announce that our next #emmatalk is scheduled on Jan 12, 2023, at 5 PM CET! The topic is: Implementation of VR in the media: from journalism ...
09/12/2022

#emmatalk coming up

Our next #emmatalk is scheduled on Oct 12, 2022, at 5 PM CET! The topic is: Personal Branding & Networking for PhD candidates and ECRs. Our president John Oliver will ...
01/10/2022

emma Summer School in Finland

The Emma 2023 Doctoral Summer School will take place at LUT University, Lappeenranta, Finland and will be organized by the School of Business and Management from 14 to 18 August, 2023 More information to ...
18/06/2022

emma Award 2022

Leona Achtenhagen received the 2022 emma Award in recognition of her outstanding contribution to our scholarship and community. Congratulations, Leona! Prof. Dr. Leona Achtenhagen is Director of the Media, Management and Transformation ...
18/06/2022

emma Best Paper 2022

We congratulate Michel Clement, Felix Eggers, Petra Füchtenbusch, and Elena Koch for winning both the Best Paper Award and the Best Paper Presentation Award for their paper:  Pricing strategies for bundling platforms in ...
18/06/2022

Update full Programme #emmaMunich

14.06.2022 The full programme for #emma2022 in Munich is now available. You can find the programme here. We look forward to seeing many of you next week!
10/06/2022

emma ECR Grant Recipients 2022

Our Early Career Researcher emma Annual Conference Grant aims to support young researchers to get exposure and recognition for their work by enabling individuals to help present their work at ...
08/06/2022

New #emmaTalk on June 7th!

We are pleased to announce our next #emmatalk on 7 June, 5pm CEST! The topic is NFTs and the Media Industry. The speakers of this session are: Rouven Seifert, Senior ...
30/05/2022

Preliminary programme #emmaMunich

The preliminary program of the parallel sessions for emma2022 in Munich is available. You can find the programme here. We look forward to seeing many of you in June!
30/05/2022

11 May #emmatalk

On May 11th at 5 pm CEST we are happy to invite you to join our #emmaTalk “Digital Business Ecosystems in Media and Journalism”. Platforms and business ecosystems have become ...
23/04/2022

emma for early career reseachers: Conference Grant & PhD Workshop

emma wants to contribute to the development of early career researchers and therefore provides a grant for PhD-students and post-doc researchers. Furthermore, in addition to the conference a PhD workshop ...
01/04/2022

#emmatalk Public Service Media: end of an era?

We are looking forward to the next #emmatalk!  Join us on April 13, 5:00 PM CET.  In a year where the BBC celebrates its 100th anniversary, its future as a ...
20/03/2022

Statement on war

Dear emma members,  Whilst the primary focus of our association is to serve the needs and interests of our academic community by providing education and conducting scientific research, we should ...
19/03/2022

2nd Edition #emmaConnect

Apply before March 12th 2022! Kick off of the 2nd edition of the programme emmaConnect for early-stage researchers The coronavirus pandemic brought significant challenges for research and has particularly impacted early-stage ...
17/02/2022

Call for nominations emma Award 2022

The emma Board is pleased to invite nominations for the recipient of the emma Award 2022. The announcement of the recipient of the emma Award will be one of the ...
08/02/2022

emma Doctoral summer school

In cooperation with the European Media Management Association (emma) and the media economics section of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), the Young Researchers Network MedienökonomieJR is hosting a workshop for PhD candidates. ...
22/01/2022

Submission deadline extended

Due to many requests, the Emma Board has decided to extend the deadline for abstract and poster submission to 7 February 2022. The Call for Papers and Posters can be ...
22/01/2022

emma Talk coming up!

After the successful #emmaTalks from 2021, a brand new talk is scheduled for 3 February, 5 pm (CET). Media scholars and emma friends Gregory Ferrell Lowe, Mercedes Medina, and Päivi Maijanen Kyläheiko ...
16/01/2022

Call for Summer School Host 2023

The emma Board welcomes applications to host its bi-annual Doctoral Summer School in 2023. The Summer School usually lasts between three and five days and provides a supportive and international ...
14/01/2022

Happy Holidays

The emma board wishes everyone a Joyful Christmas and a Happy New Year!
23/12/2021

Call for hosting the annual emma Conference

The emma Board would like to invite applications to host the Annual Conference in 2023.   As you know, the conference is the highlight of our association’s activities, where we ...
16/11/2021

emma conference 2022 in Munich

emma 2022 will take place in Munich, Germany, June 15-17, 2022! So, mark your calendars!  The conference will be hosted by Macromedia University of Applied Sciences under the participation of the ...
02/11/2021

Looking back at #emmaSweden

It’s a wrap! The 2021 Annual Conference of the European Media Management Association (emma) with the theme Media management and sustainability, took place in Jönköping from 27-29 October 2021. The ...
31/10/2021

Complete Conference Program #emmaSweden

Less than two weeks from now, #emmaSweden will take place from 27 to 29 October at Jönköping International Business School in Jönköping. We look forward to finally meet again and ...
16/10/2021

emma Best Paper Award candidates!

Let us introduce the three candidates for the emma 2021 Best Paper Award. The authors of the selected papers will present their research in a special session at the annual ...
16/10/2021

Preliminary Conference Program #emmaSweden available!

The preliminary program for #emmaSweden is available now!
09/09/2021

Call for nominations emma Award 2021

The emma Board is pleased to invite nominations for the recipient of the emma Award 2021. The announcement of the recipient of the emma Award will be one of the ...
09/08/2021

Results emma board elections!

Voting for the new board has ended and the results are: President-elect: John Oliver, Bournemouth University, UK  Deputy President-elect: Joaquin Cestino, Jönköping University, Sweden  Secretary-elect: Dinara Tokbaeva, Jönköping University, Sweden Co-opted member-elect: Ivana Kostovska, ...
23/06/2021

New emma Talk on May 17th!

On May 17th at 5 pm CEST we are happy to invite you to join our seventh talk in the new series of our emmaTalks “One-year into the pandemic: how ...
07/05/2021

emma invites to a prep workshop: How to improve your abstract

Are you still planning on submitting an abstract to the upcoming emma conference? Or have you submitted your abstract already, but you think that it would not hurt if the ...
20/04/2021

Postdoc position at the University of Zurich

The University of Zurich has a vacancy for a postdoc position in Media Management. Please see this link to find more information about this job opportunity.
15/02/2021

AEJMC 2021 Conference Paper Call

The 2021 AEJMC conference will be held as a virtual event.    Media Management, Economics, and Entrepreneurship Division (MMEE)  The Media Management, Economics, and Entrepreneurship Division (MMEE) invites original research ...
05/02/2021

Britta Gossel your new membership representative on the JOMBS board

We are delighted to inform you that Britta Gossel has now fully taken office as our new emma representative on the board of our flagship journal, the Journal of Media Business ...
11/01/2021

emma Membership 2021

At emma, we aim to facilitate the dialogue and exchange among scholars in the field of Media Management, and we provide the platform for it through our annual conference, summer ...
07/01/2021

emmaConnect

We are delighted to invite all of our Early Stage Researchers (PhD and postdoctoral researchers) to participate in our newly launched emmaConnect program! With emmaConnect, we connect our Early Stage Researchers with ...
16/11/2020

Upcoming emmaTalk: Meet the Editors

On November 2nd, we are happy to invite you to join our third talk in the new series of our emmaTalks to meet the editors of media management journals.  The ...
21/10/2020

emma Conference 2021

We are happy to announce that our 2021 Annual Conference takes place in Jönköping, 27-29 October 2021. #emmaSweden 2021 is hosted by the Media, Management and Transformation Center (MMTC), Jönköping ...
12/10/2020

Upcoming emma Talk: Teaching Media Management

Tuesday October 20 – at 5 pm CET On October 20th, the second in a series of three emma talks takes place with panelists Britta Gossel, Geoffrey Graybeal and Gregory ...
09/10/2020

Upcoming emma talk: Media Management Research

Overcoming challenges for bridging theory and practice Wednesday October 14 – at 4 pm CET At October 14th, the first in a row of three emma talks takes place with ...
02/10/2020

*New Book | Teaching Strategic Management – A Hands-on Guide to Teaching Success*

*Editor: Sabine Baumann, Jade University, Germany* The guide that also includes contributions from a number of media management and economics scholars provides a wide scope of knowledge and teaching resources on methods ...
06/09/2020

Check out our channels on VIMEO

We were not able to hold our annual conference this year, but our community has nevertheless been very active! For sharing with you what our emma community has worked on, researched about ...
14/07/2020

#emmatalks now available on VIMEO

The videos of #emmatalks are available for viewing! In case you have missed the #emmatalks you can watch the recordings here 
18/06/2020

emma Research Grant presented in third #emmatalk

On Monday the 22nd of June the third #emmatalk takes place at 5pm CEST. Ana Nunes and John Mills will discuss the progress of their research project that was funded with ...
18/06/2020

emma 2020 best paper award goes to…

Today during the second #emmatalk, the best paper award was announced by Ulrike Röhn, President of emma. From the 31 full papers that were eligible for the 2020 best paper ...
15/06/2020

Second #emmatalk Monday, June 15th, 17.00-18.30 CEST

Following the success of the first #emmatalk on Monday June 8, we are now looking forward to the next one! This second #emmatalk is also a special one as the ...
09/06/2020

emma proudly presents #emmatalks

In June, #emmaSweden would have taken place. Unfortunately, COVID-19 made it necessary to postpone the event to 2021. Alternatively, emma decided to organize a series of emma talks via ZOOM. ...
01/06/2020

New book ‘Media Management Matters’ by Ulrike Rohn and Tom Evens

Ulrike Rohn and Tom Evens have published the edited collection ‘Media Management Matters: Challenges and Opportunities for Bridging Theory and Practice’. The book appears in Routledge’s Media Management and Economics series (edited by ...
14/05/2020

Deadline full papers May 15th

Only 5 days to go to submit the full paper based on your accepted abstract! Every year, emma grants a best paper award for outstanding research among all of the ...
11/05/2020

#emmaSweden postponed to June 2021

The safety and well-being of all conference participants is our priority. Based on information from the World Health Organization (WHO), and recommendations from the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ...
08/04/2020

Call for Chapter Proposals-Handbook on Digital Business Ecosystems: Technologies, Markets, Business Models, Management, and Societal Challenges

Edited book to be published by Edward Elgar Publishing(“Research Handbooks in Business and Management” series) Editor: Sabine Baumann Background and Objective A Digital Business Ecosystem is a network of organizations such ...
29/03/2020

COVID-19 developments

Since the end of January 2020, we are closely monitoring COVID-19 developments continuously and following the information and recommendations from the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Public Health ...
06/03/2020

Call for emma Summer School 2020 grant application

In 2020, the emma Summer School will be organized and hosted by ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal, July 7-10. The emma Doctoral Summer School Grant aims to support ...
17/02/2020

Submission deadline #emmaSweden extended

As a response to many requests, we have decided to extend the deadline for all submissions for the upcoming conference in Jönköping.  The new and final deadline for paper, poster ...
24/01/2020

Registration for the Doctoral Summer School Lisbon 2020 is open!!

The emma 2020 Doctoral Summer School will take place at ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon from 7 to 10 July, 2020. During 4 days, up to 25 PhD students will ...
19/12/2019

emma Conference 2020

#emmaSweden2020 postponed to June 2021 IMPORTANT NOTICE: The safety and well-being of all conference participants is our priority. Based on information from the World Health Organization (WHO), and recommendations from ...
04/10/2019