Digital Content Industry Research Articles

Collaboration and Competition: A Social Network Analysis of Thailand’s Music Industry

This study quantitatively investigates the collaborative framework and competitive landscape of Thailand’s evolving music industry, driven by technological progress and changing consumer preferences. By examining data obtained from Thailand’s Department of Intellectual Property, specifically 138,868 songs, it explores the complex network of relationships among music creators, artists, and various rights-holders, including those associated with recording, music, melodies, and lyrics. Utilizing social network analysis, this research uncovers a power law distribution in these networks, reflecting a scale-free market configuration. This characteristic is marked by a few dominant players exercising considerable market influence, contrasted with numerous less-interconnected participants. This investigation notes regular patterns of collaboration between artists and different rights-holders. Furthermore, the network of music creators displays small-world properties, with short collaborative distances fostering efficient information exchange and creative synergy. Crucially, this study identifies key influential players instrumental in directing the industry’s major trends, highlighting their role in market concentration. These significant findings will provide critical evidence for informing future policy development aimed at improving efficiency and equity in the digital content industries.

헝가리 콘텐츠산업의 확장과 새로운 역할

The aim of this study is to present and analyze how the digital content industry, which is increasingly expanding globally, is developing in Hungary. Hungary has one of the highest proportions of central government spending on culture among the 29 OECD countries. It also has the highest government spending on culture among the 29 EU countries. In light of this, this article focuses on the content industry, which accounts for the largest part of the Hungarian government budget, and analyzes its current status and future development. It also examines the European Union's support for the Hungarian film and broadcasting sector, and discusses Hungary's strengths in the content industry and its expected role in the future.

A Comparative Analysis of the International Competitiveness of the Digital Cultural Content Industry in Korea, China and Japan

A Comparative Analysis of the International Competitiveness of the Digital Cultural Content Industry in Korea, China and Japan

Research on the applicability of digital virtualization to the pain points of museums from the perspective of metaverse

As the third stage of museum digitization, the digital content industry of the museum has become the main new industrial form of information technology and cultural creative industry, which is the best means for the museum to achieve sustainable development. The meta-universe museum takes the user as the center, integrates the hardware and software technology of the current meta-universe related industries, improves the pain points of some functions of the traditional museum, mainly aims at the museum collection center, research center, social education promotion, exhibition and display of four traditional functions to improve the service, including the exhibition of cultural relics, the improvement of educational significance and visitor experience and other key issues to be solved. It has achieved considerable development of the museum.

Development of a Previsualization Proxy Plug-in Tool

Previsualization, also known as previs in the digital content industry, is becoming increasingly important. Previsualization in animation, movies and visual effects (VFX) can enhance ideas and creative story production. Thus, unnecessary expenses can be minimized while output quality can be improved. It is crucial to produce proxy modeling that can implement animation quickly during the previsualization production stage. The process is often ignored because additional procedures are needed, and it takes a relatively long time for an unskilled person to produce proxy modeling. Therefore, it is imperative to develop a proxy plug-in tool to simplify the motion process using an easy method. A new method was developed for creating a bounding box by attaching it to each joint, differentiating it from the existing high-poly to low-poly working process. This unique proxy plug-in development method allows us to proceed with the motion process in fewer steps, with better operation, steady speed performance, and a precise shape to work efficiently in previsualization. Using the proxy plug-in tool to perform the motion may be a solution for creating easy access to previsualization and story production.

Legal Framework To Support Islamic Banking and Finance In The United Arab Emirates

The duality of the banking system in the United Arab Emirates and its impact on economic development today represents the reality of banking systems in countries that license Islamic banking, especially with the state's first taking into account the traditional banking system. In contrast, banks, institutions, ministries, and organizations that manage work in this field practice these systems have been enabled in Muslim countries under the pressure of economic globalization. At the same time, the country is striving to develop the field of Islamic economy, support Islamic banking while enabling modern technologies and intelligent applications in the digital age, and encourage innovation in Islamic banking and finance. This trend calls for further research and deep consideration to clarify the role of the United Arab Emirates in supporting the Islamic economy and its banking and Islamic finance, as the idea of the duality of the banking system may seem contradictory in its application. As a result of this research, the Government of Dubai has started a strategic plan to develop the Islamic economy sector. The goal is to make Dubai the leading center for Islamic finance, e-commerce, the digital content industry, design and innovation, knowledge, education, and research, as well as the global reference for Islamic economy standards. The UAE government has adopted blockchain technology to implement government transactions and to achieve the desired results; the country launched the UAE Blockchain Strategy 2021m. The characteristics of the Islamic banking system reflect the reality of Sharia rulings without living and manipulation. However, the current situation has many observations, so coexistence has become at the expense of differentiation.

The Pricing Strategy of Digital Content Resources Based on a Stackelberg Game

This paper uses a Stackelberg game model to analyze the profit function composition of digital content resource producers and publishers and uses a numerical simulation method to explore the equilibrium relationships between the various factors that affect the pricing strategy. The findings are as follows: ① platform-based publishers of digital content resources adopt a cost-plus pricing method for a single broadcast price; ② the revenue-sharing ratio of the producers decreases as the single broadcast cost increases; ③ the viewing effect is affected by many factors, such as copyright fees, investment difficulty, sales coefficient, and unit cost. Overall, the main contribution of this manuscript is to make an innovative demonstration and analysis of the factors affecting the pricing strategy of digital content resources, and the results of this paper can promote the transaction of digital content resources and ensure the sustainable development of the digital content industry.

Two pillars of open science

CSI-COP Project is an EU-funded Project that investigates GDPR compliance to better understand how far we are being tracked by default as we use the Internet to visit websites and apps on our mobile devices. CSI-COP engages citizen scientists to address the growing concerns in society around privacy issues and the methods that are supposed to ensure integrity in the collection and use of data.This workshop will highlight the fundament rights we all have to digital privacy, explores how much institutions comply with the GDPR, introduces tools and solution to protect your digital privacy and introduces you to a massive open online course on the topic. The workshop will pose questions and concerns about the system scholars use to communicate between themselves (e.g. academic journals and monographs) and with the broader public.An interested observer will notice that the current digital content industry is heavily oriented towards building platforms that track users’ behaviour and seek to convince them to stay longer and come back sooner onto the platform. Similarly, authors are incentivised to publish more and to become champions of dissemination. Generally, the digital content industry is permeable to non-human contributors (algorithms that are able to generate content and reactions), anonymity and identity fraud.It is pertinent to organise a series of workshops about the early signs of track and persuasion in scholarly communication. The CSI-COP project inspired an independent pilot study that tried to determine the opportunity for conducting research about the use of “track and persuade” technologies in scholarly communication. We collected observations on a sample of 148 relevant websites and we interviewed 15 experts related to the field. Through this work, we tried to identify 1) the essential questions that could inspire proper research, 2) good practices to be recommended for future research, and 3) whether citizen science is a suitable approach to further research in this field. The findings could contribute to determining a broader solution for building trust and infrastructure in scholarly communication. The principles of Open Science were used as a framework to see if they offer insights into this work.The CSI-COP project offers an international discussion forum to exchange experiences on the matter of digital tracking and remains open to engaging with the larger public in order to raise awareness and refine results about the use of cookies and other digital trackers.You are all welcome to join this workshop and explore together the depth of digital tracking in the scholarly communication field and beyond it.CSI-COP project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 873169.

Effort in absence: Technologically mediated aesthetic experiences of the culture industries’ routine workers

In this article, I draw upon 20 months of participant observation to compare the labor processes of routine, office staff in the popular music and digital content industries in the U.S. In both cases, workers play a game of disappearing, pursuing immersive experiences in their efforts to be more productive. These pleasurably immersive experiences vis-à-vis technology described by informants bear a similarity to aesthetic experiences typically associated with art objects. Comparing how workers describe their aesthetic experiences, I show how the materiality of technology as well as management mediate workers’ immersion. In doing so, this article extends theories of control over work by highlighting the importance of work's affective and aesthetic dimensions while also making an empirical contribution by examining the culture industries’ often overlooked, routine workers in conventional and platformized contexts.

Saudi YouTube Influencers, Their Relationship to Dubai and the Role of Social Media in Dubai’s Urban Branding Strategy

Abstract YouTube influencers, especially from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), command a huge (young) audience and form part of a global pop cultural mainstream representative of the fast-growing digital content industry. These YouTubers are on one hand embedded in a highly professionalized network, consisting of multi-channel networks (MCN s), media companies, TV stations and advertising partners, all operating from Dubai. On the other hand, they feature Dubai’s cityscape and urban spaces in their posts and videos and contribute to urban branding. In this article, I want to evaluate the financially profitable relationship between influencers and Dubai by analyzing footage of the Saudi YouTuber and rapper Dyler (b. 2001). Taking into consideration the political economy of social media in the Gulf as well as the political economy of urban branding in Dubai, the article discusses the political consequences of this relationship on social media, youth culture and urban development in the region.

Opportunities and Challenges: An Empirical Analysis of the International Competitiveness of China"s Digital Content Industry

최근에 창조적 문화와 디지털 경제를 융합한 디지털 콘텐츠 산업은 국민경제와 국제무역 중에 중요한 지위를 점차 차지하고 있다. 중국 디지털 기술의 진보는 중국디지털 콘텐츠 산업의 발전과 국제 경쟁력 강화에 대하여 기본적인 조건을 제공한다. 본 연구는 2015년-2018년 중국 디지털 콘텐츠 산업 국제 경쟁력의 변화 추세에 대하여 종적 분석을 진행하고자 무역 성과측정방법을 이용한다. 또한 2018년 미국, 독일, 프랑스, 영국, 일본, 한국, 싱가포르, 인도, 러시아, 캐나다와 오스트레일리아의 디지털 콘텐츠 산업 수출입 무역 데이터를 선택하여 중국 디지털 콘텐츠 산업의 국제 경쟁력과 수평 비교를 진행한다. 본 연구는 정보 통신 서비스, 영상 거래 및 관련 서비스, 기타 로열티 및 라이센스 수수료와 교육서비스를 대상으로 측정한다. 이 데이터는 유엔 상품 무역 통계 데이터베이스와

From Traffic “Enclosure” to Cash Realization: Market Patterns and Investment Insights of China’s Digital Content Industry in 2020–2021

This paper selects the core content of recently released Market Patterns and Investment Insights of China’s Digital Content Industry in 2020–2021, and this series of reports has been published in four consecutive volumes (2015, 2017–2018, 2019–2020, 2021–2022). Based on the latest developments of the digital content industry in China, this paper probes into the market development, competitive landscape, investment and financing volume, investment hotspots, policies and public opinion environment of 10 sub-sectors, including online games, animation, online videos, short videos, live streaming, online music, digital reading, news & information apps, online education, and knowledge payment, provides an insight into the status quo of China’s digital content industry in 2020–2021 and ten major development trends of the industry. Furthermore, the investment value of 10 sub-sectors is assessed from two dimensions—internal factors and external factors, with a total of 7 primary indicators and 11 secondary indicators, and the results are compared with those of the previous two editions to observe market changes. Research conclusions are as follows: (1) From the perspective of development trends: the scale expansion of China’s digital content industry has slowed down; short videos continue to increase; user value operation becomes a new test under routine pandemic prevention and control; the competitive landscape among sub-sectors tends to be stable; leading enterprises expand their business territory via investment, merger and acquisition (M&A) for the integration of upstream and downstream industrial chain. (2) From the results of investment value assessment and investment trends: live streaming and online games lead the way of investment forward in the digital content industry, thanks to their mature cash realization model and huge market space, with the investment value ranking rising to the top two; in the video field, vertical content creation of short video, online video-related intelligent technology and digital marketing are worthy of attention; and in the digital reading field, focus can be placed on original content creation and novel/comic reading platforms.

Primary Educational Strategies in Times of Digital Curriculum

Our contribution is based on the most noteworthy results of a research project focusing on teaching strategies at a time when the contents of the primary education curriculum are becoming digital. The expansion of the digital content industry is forcing a paradigm shift. In this paper we analyse the strategies implemented by teachers of the fifth and sixth year of primary school in relation with the digitisation of curricular content. With this aim, we planned our research following ethnographic methodology, analysing a period of two years of a case study. The main data collection tools we used are the analysis of the centre’s documents and website, semi-structured interviews with different participants, and direct observation of fifth and sixth year primary education classrooms. We can infer from the analysis that technology facilitates processes of inclusion in the centre, enhancing collaborative and cooperative work. Furthermore, the use of digital devices promotes attention to diversity. The implementation of digital technologies in schools implies redefining teaching practices and teaching-learning processes.The results show that the addition of digital materials is a step forward in the centre’s attention to diversity, improving accessibility and overcoming the digital gap thanks to schools’ access to technological resources.

Perspectives on Open Science and The Future of Scholarly Communication: Internet Trackers and Algorithmic Persuasion.

The current digital content industry is heavily oriented towards building platforms that track users’ behaviour and seek to convince them to stay longer and come back sooner onto the platform. Similarly, authors are incentivised to publish more and to become champions of dissemination. Arguably, these incentive systems are built around public reputation supported by a system of metrics, hard to be assessed. Generally, the digital content industry is permeable to non-human contributors (algorithms that are able to generate content and reactions), anonymity and identity fraud. It is pertinent to present a perspective paper about early signs of track and persuasion in scholarly communication. Building our views, we have run a pilot study to determine the opportunity for conducting research about the use of “track and persuade” technologies in scholarly communication. We collected observations on a sample of 148 relevant websites and we interviewed 15 that are experts related to the field. Through this work, we tried to identify 1) the essential questions that could inspire proper research, 2) good practices to be recommended for future research, and 3) whether citizen science is a suitable approach to further research in this field. The findings could contribute to determining a broader solution for building trust and infrastructure in scholarly communication. The principles of Open Science will be used as a framework to see if they offer insights into this work going forward.

Research on Ternary Interactive Gatekeeping Model for Multi-Channel Networks (MCNs) in Social Media Era

In the digital content industry, the emerging multi-channel networks (MCNs) have dramatically changed the ways of content production and distribution in sustainable social media. As a result, it also brings an unprecedented impact and challenge to the traditional gatekeeping model, which play a vital role to describe and explain the reporting process regarding news events. In this paper, we propose a Ternary Interactive Gatekeeping (TIG) model and then discusse the gatekeeping behaviors of MCNs from the aspects of content production and distribution, which intend to integrate the roles of MCNs, content creators and social platforms all in one. In this way, MCNs are not only the intermediary, but also undertake the responsibility of gatekeeper in social media, which exerts the important role in online pseudo-environments. Semi-structured interviews are conducted with 15 interviewees that consist of the advertiser, creator, and staff in MCNs and platforms. For the content production, the gatekeeping behaviors of MCNs consist of selection, shaping and withholding. Those contents that satisfy the profits and development requirements of MCNs are chosen. For the content distribution, the gatekeeping behaviors of MCNs consist of display, timing and repetition, which aim to realize the high media exposure for Internet users. It can be seen that MCNs’ gatekeeping behaviors are affected by the business-logic. By the proposed gatekeeping scheme, we intend to provide a new perspective for future research on information management of social media.

Challenges of Community Empowerment in the Era of Industry Society 5.O

The presence of society 5.0 as a technology-based human-centred concept of society requires humans to have a paradigm of a more critical, creative way of thinking, and balance between development and the ability to solve problems to improve the quality of life in a sustainable manner. The industrial sector must innovate to be able to provide recommendations on every consumer problem. The digital content industry is one of the industrial sectors that is considered to have a significant role, both in improving the economy and in building sustainability for the community. This study uses a conceptual review to review the concept of the digital content industry in the perspective of Society 5.0. There are two aspects examined in this research, namely the presence of social media and its role as a stage for mainstream media in supporting community activities in era 5.0 and the readiness of human resources (HR) in the adaptation process and welcoming sustainable development. Youtube and Tiktok have become social media platforms as a form of technology application container as a savior of human life that depends on and coexists with technology.

Depiction Heroic Animated Characters: Describing a Brief Process of Archetype Embodiment into a Genuine Nusantara -Inspired Content

The importance of characters in in animation has received much attention in research on digital content industries, as well as an important tool for acting in animation content. This article highlighted the importance of archetypes and attributes in the Nusantara-based character design. This includes the review of current trends and envisages the weaknesses of character design in animated films, along with recommendations to improve character design’s traits, parameter, silhouette, and suggested archetype. In conclusion, well-designed animated characters of Nusantara with strong resonance imply to increased audience satisfaction. Future research is recommended to elevate a good development of character design in contributing economic benefit for 600 million population in Southeast Asia in developing Nusantara digital content.

A Review and Analysis of the Concept of the Digital Content Industry in China

Although the digital content industry (DCI) has been booming in recent years, there is no generally accepted definition of the industry. On the basis of reviewing prior studies on the subject, this paper traces the origin of the concept, explains the meaning of the industry, summarizes why some commonly-seen definitions were concluded, looks at their similarities and differences, and defines the relationship between DCI with other similar concepts like content industry, creative industry, copyright industry, information industry and information service industry. The paper then proposes the authors’ understanding of DCI—an industrial cluster where cultural creation integrates with the information technology in various areas.

Compensating Online Content Producers: A Theoretical Analysis

The digital content industry is rapidly growing, and many platforms host a vast amount of content that is produced by independent producers. A major source of revenue for these platforms is advertising. However, advertising revenue depends on the number of active customers who visit the platform and enjoy content created by content producers. Therefore, major platforms provide incentives for content producers to encourage high-quality content creation. A commonly used incentive is ad revenue sharing. In this paper, we study how such sharing incentives are affected by the nature of competition among various producers, the size of customer base, and the type of customers. We also examine the implications for profits and welfare and extend the analysis to consider the case when the platform allows consumers to directly donate to the producers. Our results show that increased producer competition can lead to higher compensation for the producers, higher content quality, and higher producers’ profits. We also show that allowing consumers to donate to producers can lead to a higher commission rate and better-quality content. However, increased consumer generosity may lead to lower profits for content producers. In addition, we find that asymmetry among producers can sometimes benefit the platform. This paper was accepted by Matthew Shum, marketing.

A Study on the Potential of the Development of Software Applications and Digital Content Industrial Ecosystem in Indonesia

The phenomenon of digitization has changed human civilization at a very massive level in various aspects of life. In line with the advancement of ICT, so have the development of innovation and the software and digital content industry. Competition in the software industry is starting to develop. The ability to increase the company's production is starting to show significant changes. Industry competition in the globalization process requires existing companies to be able to develop industrial capabilities with all industrial models and policies. The role of government is still an important factor in creating an environment in which the domestic telematics industry can gain a competitive advantage. This study aims to map the potential of the digital content and software application industry in Indonesia. This study was conducted qualitatively through literature studies. The output of this study produces a mapping of the potential for the software and digital content industry in Indonesia. The results of this study can support recommendations for policies related to the development of the software application industry and digital content in Indonesia