The media industry is ushering in a huge transformation. New technology represented by digitalization, 5G, immersive media and AI technology is changing the media industry into an unprecedented industry. What follows is the change of media consumer consumption patterns. Nowadays, multi-platform, code-cutting, short-form contents, interactive storytelling, and metaverse have become more and more common. The development of the media industry is closely related to the development of technology. From a historical point of view, every technological innovation brings tremendous changes to the media industry. However, with the speed of change and the corresponding consumer responses, the pace of adoption and adaptation is becoming a great challenge for the media industry.

For the media industry, the only way to go forward is to seize these challenges as opportunities and continue to explore ways to integrate the technologies mindfully. With the growing competition from technology giants such as Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple that produce both platforms and content, media companies have been exploring many novel technologies historically foreign to them. The adoption of emerging technologies such as 5G, big data, artificial intelligence (AI), IoT, and robots has become potential strategies/tools for them to prepare for the future. We are now witnessing the transformation of media and its essential connection with technology.

With such transformational development, the importance of research on the digital transformation and connection become more prominent. What transformation and integration mechanism can contribute to the development of the media industry? What are the favorable and unfavorable effects of different technologies like artificial intelligence on different types of media industries? How to accelerate the communication, innovation and competition of media companies in the era of media transformation? How can the industry handle the copyright issues caused by artificial intelligence generated contents and what about the threats of privacy caused by artificial intelligence technologies?

The 2023 World Media Economics and Management Conference invites academic original works with the theme of “digital transformation and connection”. We look forward to a great exchange of opinions from scholars around the world about the changes digital transformation and connection are bringing to the media industry. For example, as a result of digital transformation and connection, we now have recommendation systems based on artificial intelligence to help users find film and television content that meets their personal preferences more quickly; news produced by artificial intelligence is being widely accepted and used because of its efficiency; augmented reality and virtual reality are reshaping the gaming industry; and 5G/planned 6G networks are affecting how mobile content is consumed. These transformational forces have significant implications as the media industry offers products/services that are deeply integrated in the lives of consumers around the world.

The 2023 World Media Economics and Management Conference invites researchers to discuss the different transformation and connection strategies of the media industry in this rapidly changing environment, the economic and management impacts brought about by digital transformation, the influences of this media transformation on consumer life and culture, as well as the opportunities and challenges encountered by transformation and connection. The conference embraces both quantitative and qualitative research, as well as work that bridges disciplinary boundaries to improve our overall understanding of present and future media industry trends. Submissions that explore and utilize fresh theories and approaches will be valued. The following topics are of obvious importance to this topic, although potential topics of interest are not limited to these research areas:

Korea Entertainment Association is one of the representative association of Korean entertainment and content industry. Its members investigate consumer behavior, corporate strategies and government policies in the Korean entertainment and media industries like broadcasting, movies, games, web content, performances, music, and tourism, etc. The assoication shares the results of its academic exploration with other researchers and industry professionals, thus contributing to the development of the media industry. In particular, Korea Entertainment Association emphasizes the integration of research in different academic fields. As a result, it has connected many distinguished researchers with various academic background through cross-disciplinary activities and projects.

Meta-Society Institute is a media research institution affiliated with Sungkyunkwan University. The Lab conducts research that focuses on the digital transformation of the media industry, and has generated/disseminated extensive outputs in the business, technology, production and cultural fields of media and content industry.

Sungkyunkwan University is one of Korea's representative universities managed by Samsung. The University is well known for its research of digital transformation such as artificial intelligence, information and communication technology, and semiconductors.

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