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Doctor of Philosophy Subject Media and Communication Studies (Karlstad University)
Professor Patrik Wikstrom is Associate Dean (Research) in the Creative Industries Faculty. Prof. Wikstrom uses and develops computational methods to examine the dynamics and regulatory challenges of networked markets, with a particular focus on markets for cultural products. Wikstrom is the author of ‘The Music Industry: Music in the Cloud’ at Polity Press and has published his research in journals such as Technovation, International Journal of Media Management, Journal of Media Business Studies, Journal of Music Business Studies and Popular Music & Society. He is on the editorial boards of Journal of Media Business Studies, Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media and the International Journal of Music Business Research. Prof. Wikstrom has previously served as the Head of QUT School of Communication and the Associate Director of QUT Digital Media Research Centre. He has also served as a faculty member at Northeastern University (Boston, USA), Jonkoping International Business School (Jonkoping, Sweden) and Karlstad University (Karlstad, Sweden) and he has been a visiting scholar at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore). Prof. Wikstrom received his Ph.D. from Karlstad University in Media and Communication Studies and he is a graduate from Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden) where he received a master’s degree from the School of Technology Management and Economics. Before his academic career, Prof. Wikstrom worked in the European media and telecom industry where he held positions as business development manager and strategy consultant.
Projects (Chief investigator)
Projects
- Amplifying public value: Scholarly contributions' impact on public debate
- ARC Centre of Excellence - Australian Creative Innovation System
- Australian consumer access to digital content
- Emergent music engagement practices via SoundCloud
- Music usage metrics and the future of the Australian music industry
Additional information
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2015
- Details
- Associate editor - Journal of Media Business Studies
- Type
- Editor/Contributor of a Prestigious Work of Reference
- Reference year
- 2015
- Details
- Co-editor of a book series on Business Innovation and Disruption in the Creative Industries (Edward Elgar) together with Prof Robert DeFillippi
- Type
- Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2013
- Details
- "The Dynamics of Digital Multisided Cultural Markets: How organizations in the digital creative industries learn to engage with productive audiences". Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellowship, Queensland University of Technology.
- Witt AE, Suzor NP, Wikstrom PL, (2015) Regulating ride-sharing in the peer economy, Communication Research and Practice p174-190
- DeFillippi R, Wikstrom PL, (2014) International perspectives on business innovation and disruption in the creative industries: Film, video and photography, Edward Elgar Publishing
- Naldi L, Wikstrom PL, von Rimscha M, (2014) Dynamic capabilities and performance: An empirical study of audiovisual producers in Europe, International Studies of Management and Organization p63-82
- Wikstrom PL, (2014) Tools, building blocks, and rewards: Traditional media organizations learn to engage with productive audiences, Journal of Media Business Studies p67-89
- Wikstrom PL, (2013) The music industry: music in the cloud, 2nd edition p1-242
- DeFillippi R, Wikstrom PL, (2013) Business innovation and disruption in publishing, Madia XXI / Formalpress
- Wikstrom PL, (2012) A typology of music distribution models, International Journal of Music Business Research p7-20
- Wikstrom P, Ellonen H, (2012) The impact of social media features on print media firms' online business models, Journal of Media Business Studies p63-80
- Olin-Scheller C, Wikstrom PL, (2010) Literary prosumers : young people's reading and writing in a new media landscape, Education Inquiry p41-56
- Ellonen H, Wikstrom PL, Jantunen A, (2009) Linking dynamic-capability portfolios and innovation outcomes, Technovation : The International Journal of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology Management p753-762
- Title
- Music Usage Metrics and the Future of the Australian Music Industry
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP150100156
- Start year
- 2016
- Keywords
- Consumer Perception of Product Placement: The Relationship between Perceptions and Attitudes towards Movies and Placed claims (2011)
- Changing Consumption Behavior of Net Generation and the Adoption of Streaming Music Services : Extending the Technology Acceptance Model to Account for Streaming Music Services (2010)