Curriculum Media, News & Journalism Economics
Media, News & Journalism Economics
Who pays for the news, why newspapers declined, news deserts, paywalls, public broadcasting, misinformation, radio, podcasts and accessible media.
- Who Pays for the News? How journalism has been funded by advertising, subscriptions, public money and donors, and why news is an unusual economic product. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Decline of Newspapers How the internet undermined newspaper business models, the scale of the decline in rich countries, and why Indian print held up longer. 📄 Read-aloud
- News Deserts What happens to communities when local newspapers close, and research showing effects on government costs, corruption and civic life. 📄 Read-aloud
- Paywalls and Digital Subscriptions How news organisations began charging readers online, different paywall designs, and why only some publishers have succeeded. 📄 Read-aloud
- Public Service Broadcasting Why many countries fund public broadcasters like the BBC and Prasar Bharati, how they are paid for, and the debates over their independence and role. 📄 Read-aloud
- Who Owns the Media? Why ownership of newspapers and broadcasters is concentrated in many countries, and how ownership can affect news coverage. 📄 Read-aloud
- Media, News & Journalism Economics: Checkpoint 1 Quick checkpoint - five questions on funding news, newspaper decline, news deserts, paywalls and public broadcasting. 5 questions
- The Economics of Misinformation Why false information spreads so easily online, the economic incentives behind it, and the costs it imposes on societies and markets. 📄 Read-aloud
- Should Platforms Pay for News? The debate over whether search engines and social media should pay news publishers, and what happened when Australia and Canada passed laws requiring it. 📄 Read-aloud
- India's Media Market How India built one of the world's largest and most diverse media markets across print, television, radio and digital, in many languages. 📄 Read-aloud
- Radio: The Resilient Medium Why radio remains important in the internet age, especially for rural, poor and blind listeners, and the economics of community and public radio. 📄 Read-aloud
- Podcasts and the Audio Economy How podcasts and audiobooks grew into a major media industry, how creators make money, and why audio suits busy and blind audiences. 📄 Read-aloud
- Accessible Media: Audio Description and Captions How audio description and captions make film, TV and online media accessible to blind and deaf audiences, the costs involved and the rules requiring them. 📄 Read-aloud