Books by Patrik Wikström
International Perspectives on Business Innovation and Disruption in the Creative Industries: Film, Video & Photography
This volume examines how disruptive innovations are reshaping industry boundaries and challenging... more This volume examines how disruptive innovations are reshaping industry boundaries and challenging conventional business models and practices in the industries for film, video and photography. The thirteen chapters provide a rich and diverse account of these processes from a wide range of country contexts. The book fills the gap between the study of disruption by innovation scholars in business schools and the recognition of disruption by academics and practitioners from non-business school disciplines and contexts, including the broader social sciences.
The Music Industry: Music in the Cloud (2nd edition)
The music industry is going through a period of immense change brought about in part by the digit... more The music industry is going through a period of immense change brought about in part by the digital revolution. What is the role of music in the age of computers and the internet? How has the music industry been transformed by the economic and technological upheavals of recent years, and how is it likely to change in the future?
This is the first major study of the music industry in the new millennium. Wikström provides an international overview of the music industry and its future prospects in the world of global entertainment. They illuminate the workings of the music industry, and capture the dynamics at work in the production of musical culture between the transnational media conglomerates, the independent music companies and the public.
The Music Industry will become a standard work on the music industry at the beginning of the 21st century. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of media and communication studies, cultural studies, popular music, sociology and economics. It will also be of great value to professionals in the music industry, policy makers, and to anyone interested in the future of music.
Papers by Patrik Wikström
ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation; Creative Industries Faculty, Dec 7, 2014
Notice: Changes introduced as a result of publishing processes such as copy-editing and formattin... more Notice: Changes introduced as a result of publishing processes such as copy-editing and formatting may not be reflected in this document.
Dynamic Capabilities and Performance : An Empirical Study on Independent TV Producers in Europe
ABSTRACT This study tests Teece's conceptualization of dynamic capabilities in the contex... more ABSTRACT This study tests Teece's conceptualization of dynamic capabilities in the context of small and medium-size firms competing in creative industries, in particular the European audiovisual production industry. This industry is characterized by immature and evolving markets where firms' dynamic capabilities are expected to lead to superior innovative performance. Using survey data from audiovisual producers in ten European countries we find that both sensing and seizing capabilities have a positive effect on firms' innovative performance. The effect, however, is curvilinear, and positive effects appear after when capabilities overcome a threshold level.
The Music Industry: Music in the Cloud (3rd Edition). [3rd ed.]
The music industry has experienced two turbulent decades of immense change brought about in part ... more The music industry has experienced two turbulent decades of immense change brought about in part by the digital revolution. How has the industry been transformed by these economic and technological upheavals, and how is it likely to change in the future? What is the role of music in this digital age? Wikstrom illuminates the workings of the industry, deftly capturing the dynamics at work in the production of musical culture between the transnational media conglomerates, the independent music companies and the public. New to this third edition are expanded sections on the changing structure of the music industry, the impact of digitization on music listening practices, and the evolution of music streaming platforms. Engaging and comprehensive, The Music Industry is a must-read for students and scholars of media and communication studies, cultural studies, popular music, sociology and economics.
Implementing a User-Centric Payment System in the Music Streaming Market: A Comparative Static Approach from User Data
International Journal of Communication, Jul 7, 2021
Since its launch in 2018, TikTok has become one of the fastest growing social media applications ... more Since its launch in 2018, TikTok has become one of the fastest growing social media applications in the world, being particularly popular among young people. Memetic videos, which often feature lip-syncing, dance routines, and comedic skits, are a defining feature of the platform. This study used quantitative content analysis and qualitative thematic analysis to examine science memes, an increasingly popular genre of memes on TikTok, by analyzing 1,368 TikTok videos that feature science-related content. The results of the study uncover the most influential science-content creators, the most prevalent content in science memes, and three vernacular styles of science memes on TikTok. The results expand the existing science-communication scholarship focusing on the context of social media. Understanding the role of memetic science content on short-video platforms, as well as in the youth digital culture in general, also provides valuable insights into how science communicators can better engage with members of the young generation.
Paper 1: The disruptive forces of the sharing economy
Overview: - The sharing economy unlocks a previously unused value of goods and labour, and causes... more Overview: - The sharing economy unlocks a previously unused value of goods and labour, and causes disruption in established industries. - The pattern of disruption is similar regardless of the industry that's impacted. While the initial phases of disruption are transformational for many (e.g. lost jobs), often the industries end up stronger than before they were before the disruption. - Due to different in setting, upholding and enforcing standards, it is hard to assess the regulatory trade-offs. Safety, labour relations and social fairness are important factors to consider across the industry.
The price of victory: Comparing the cost of Olympic gold to an elite arts prize
The Olympics is almost over now for another four years, and beyond the glorious highs and heartbr... more The Olympics is almost over now for another four years, and beyond the glorious highs and heartbreaking lows of participants and spectators, there’s the ritual of the cost-benefit wash-up where we calculate the public cost per medal, and collectively wring our hands at the expense of it all...
Same sounds, different wrapping
Boken, berättelsen, pengarna I den digitala tidsåldern [The book, the story and the money in the digital age]
Ar 2012 ar distribution av litteratur via internet inte langre en framtidsvision, utan ett etable... more Ar 2012 ar distribution av litteratur via internet inte langre en framtidsvision, utan ett etablerat format vid sidan av traditionella format som exempelvis pocketboken, den inbundna boken och ljudboken (AAP 2011; Amazon 2011; PaidContent 2011). Men den digitala tekniken etablerar inte enbart ett nytt format, utan forandrar ocksa grundforutsattningarna for litterara konstformer och marknader. Detta kapitel behandlar en betydelsefull aspekt av denna forandring, namligen hur den digitala tekniken paverkar relationen mellan lasare och forfattare och okar lasarens inflytande over den kreativa processen. I den digitala tidsaldern ar det mojligt att skapa berattelser online i en interaktiv process som involverar bade lasare och forfattare. Kapitlet presenterar modeller for hur sadan “samproducerad e-litteratur” forandrar marknaden for litteratur och hur den paverkar den traditionella litteraturen.
Fan writers [Författande fans]
[In Swedish: Varje dag agnar sig mangder av ungdomar at att skriva, lasa och kommentera fanfictio... more [In Swedish: Varje dag agnar sig mangder av ungdomar at att skriva, lasa och kommentera fanfiction, berattelser baserade pa karaktarer fran redan kanda verk. I fanfiction forflyttas forlagans miljoer och karaktarer in i andra sammanhang dar nya historier skapas. Ungdomarna gor sina texter tillgangliga pa olika natsajter, dar lasare over hela varlden i interaktion med skribenterna kan kommentera och paverka. Detta mojliggor en kraftfull skrivprocess dar aktorerna agerar som bade forfattare, lasare och kritiker. Las mer om boken pa studentlitteratur.se]
This report examines the major differences between digital media markets in Australia and the US.... more This report examines the major differences between digital media markets in Australia and the US. We created a list of the most popular media titles over the last five years and checked their availability and price with Australian and American digital content providers over one month in early 2017. For all four media types considered in the study (games, music, television, and movies) Australians were disadvantaged compared to American consumers in some way. Australians either cannot access a large portion of content that is available to American consumers, or they have to pay more for the same level of access. In film and TV, Australians pay the same as American consumers, but have limited access to titles. In our sample, only about 65 percent of movie titles and 75 percent of TV titles available in the US could be accessed by Australian consumers. For film and TV streaming, Australian services fare very poorly compared to US markets. Nearly two thirds of films available to stream ...
AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research, 2020
An old adage about the internet goes “Don’t Read The Comments”. It is a cynical word of caution f... more An old adage about the internet goes “Don’t Read The Comments”. It is a cynical word of caution from supposedly more experienced and savvy internet users, against a slew of negative, abusive, and unhelpful comments that are usually rampant online, stemming from trolling behaviour (Phillips 2015). “Don’t Read The Comments” has become an internet meme. Alongside parody websites (i.e. @AvoidComments n.d.), trawling through the comments section in search of ludicrosity has become an internet genre in and of itself. This comprises the likes of meme factory ‘The Straits Times Comment Section’ which collates absurd comments from users on a specific newspaper’s Facebook page (STcomments n.d.), as well as internet celebrity troll commentators like ‘American Ken’ M (Know Your Meme n.d.) and Singaporean ‘Peter Tan’ (Yeoh 2018), who post comments on a network of social media and fora in stealthily satirical ways that have even been co-opted for advertorials (Vox 2016). Such vernacular practice ...
Journal of Business Anthropology, Nov 13, 2015
Several months ago, when Jakob, Timothy and I were planning this spring's issue of the JBA, we re... more Several months ago, when Jakob, Timothy and I were planning this spring's issue of the JBA, we realised that we would probably have two articles ready for publication on professional people-architects and fashion designers-regarded as "creative." So, in an attempt to overcome the randomness of journal submissions and to create a thematic flow for our readers, we decided to seek opinions on creativity and innovation from people in the business world and from academics who make it their business to conduct research on them. The results are here before you. Approach more than half a dozen people from different occupational and cultural backgrounds and request them to write about creativity and innovation, and a journal editor looking for textual coherence is asking for trouble! What follows is an eclectic mixture of opinions about the nature of creativity and innovation in virtually all forms of business life: from organizational management to crowdsourcing, from branding to stardom, from workforce neurodiversity to
Den musikindustriella förändringen fortsätter och en tjänstebaserad musikekonomi börjar ta form
Det har nu gatt mer an tio ar sedan en student vid Northeastern University i USA lanserade den fo... more Det har nu gatt mer an tio ar sedan en student vid Northeastern University i USA lanserade den forsta fildelningstjansten som blev framgangsrik bland den breda allmanheten (e.g. Alderman 2001). Lanseringen av tjansten, som kallades Napster, ses ofta som inledningen pa ett av de mest dramatiska decennierna i musikbranschens historia. En lang rad internetbaserade tjanster som foljt i Napsters spar har gjort det mojligt att sprida musik till miljontals anvandare utan att upphovsman och rattighetsinnehavare fatt nagon ersattning. Katt-och-ratta-leken mellan lagstiftning och teknik har varit intensiv och har utvecklats till ett av decenniets allra hetaste diskussionsamnen bland politiker och ledarskribenter. Forsaljningen av inspelad musik har sjunkit dramatiskt och musikbranschen har tvingats ifragasatta manga valetablerade sanningar. Det har kapitlet belyser ett antal fundamentala aspekter av denna forandring och utforskar nagra av den ”nya” musikbranschens viktigaste karaktaristika. Under den tid som musikbranschen har beforskats har vanligtvis betoningen legat pa fonogrammen, det vill saga den del av branschen som ror produktion och konsumtion av inspelad musik. Pa grund av branschens forandrade struktur kommer dock det har kapitlet att vidga perspektivet en smula och aven inkludera musikbranschens andra delar som exempelvis konserter och forlagsverksamhet...
The implication of social media investments on print media business models
Digitization of the music industries in Australasia [Editorial]
Arc Centre of Excellence For Creative Industries and Innovation Creative Industries Faculty, Oct 1, 2013
Collaborative production of web-based fiction and the careers of aspiring writers
Boken, berättelsen, pengarna I den digitala tidsåldern [The book, the story and the money in the digital age]
Arc Centre of Excellence For Creative Industries and Innovation Creative Industries Faculty, May 1, 2012
Ar 2012 ar distribution av litteratur via internet inte langre en framtidsvision, utan ett etable... more Ar 2012 ar distribution av litteratur via internet inte langre en framtidsvision, utan ett etablerat format vid sidan av traditionella format som exempelvis pocketboken, den inbundna boken och ljudboken (AAP 2011; Amazon 2011; PaidContent 2011). Men den digitala tekniken etablerar inte enbart ett nytt format, utan forandrar ocksa grundforutsattningarna for litterara konstformer och marknader. Detta kapitel behandlar en betydelsefull aspekt av denna forandring, namligen hur den digitala tekniken paverkar relationen mellan lasare och forfattare och okar lasarens inflytande over den kreativa processen. I den digitala tidsaldern ar det mojligt att skapa berattelser online i en interaktiv process som involverar bade lasare och forfattare. Kapitlet presenterar modeller for hur sadan “samproducerad e-litteratur” forandrar marknaden for litteratur och hur den paverkar den traditionella litteraturen.
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Books by Patrik Wikström
This is the first major study of the music industry in the new millennium. Wikström provides an international overview of the music industry and its future prospects in the world of global entertainment. They illuminate the workings of the music industry, and capture the dynamics at work in the production of musical culture between the transnational media conglomerates, the independent music companies and the public.
The Music Industry will become a standard work on the music industry at the beginning of the 21st century. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of media and communication studies, cultural studies, popular music, sociology and economics. It will also be of great value to professionals in the music industry, policy makers, and to anyone interested in the future of music.
Papers by Patrik Wikström