MARKET CONCENTRATION IN TURKISH JOURNALISM SECTOR

Concentration is a situation in which market structure of a sector is controlled by a few firms. At the present time, many analyzing methods such as Herfindahl-Hirschman and N-Firm Concentration Indexes are used to determine market structure.According to market concentration indexes, higher concentr...

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Main Authors: ADEM KALÇA, YILMAZ ONUR ARI
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Language:English
Published: Nicolae Titulescu University Publishing House 2013-05-01
Series:Challenges of the Knowledge Society
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description Concentration is a situation in which market structure of a sector is controlled by a few firms. At the present time, many analyzing methods such as Herfindahl-Hirschman and N-Firm Concentration Indexes are used to determine market structure.According to market concentration indexes, higher concentration level means more monopolistic market structure, lower concentration level means more full competitive market structure. In this study concentration levels of media groups in Turkish journalism sector within the scope of traditional journalism and internet journalism was analyzed via N-Firm Concentration and H-H Indexes. As a result of the study, it’s seen that first four biggest media groups have monopolistic competition in internet journalism sector,and oligopol structure in traditional journalism sector. According to H-H index analyze, there is monopolistic competition in the sector.
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spelling doaj-art-eaa69e7698bb432d9ba85bb36fef37922025-01-02T04:33:27ZengNicolae Titulescu University Publishing HouseChallenges of the Knowledge Society2068-77962068-77962013-05-013-884892MARKET CONCENTRATION IN TURKISH JOURNALISM SECTORADEM KALÇA0YILMAZ ONUR ARI1Professor, PhD, Black Sea Technical University, Trabzon (akalca@ktu.edu.tr).Research Assistant, Bayburt University (yoari@bayburt.edu.tr).Concentration is a situation in which market structure of a sector is controlled by a few firms. At the present time, many analyzing methods such as Herfindahl-Hirschman and N-Firm Concentration Indexes are used to determine market structure.According to market concentration indexes, higher concentration level means more monopolistic market structure, lower concentration level means more full competitive market structure. In this study concentration levels of media groups in Turkish journalism sector within the scope of traditional journalism and internet journalism was analyzed via N-Firm Concentration and H-H Indexes. As a result of the study, it’s seen that first four biggest media groups have monopolistic competition in internet journalism sector,and oligopol structure in traditional journalism sector. According to H-H index analyze, there is monopolistic competition in the sector.http://cks.univnt.ro/uploads/cks_2013_articles/index.php?dir=2_Economic_Sciences%2F&download=cks_2013_economy_art_007.pdfmaket concentrationTurkish journalisminternet journalismTurkish media groupsconcentration indexes
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Turkish media groups
concentration indexes
title MARKET CONCENTRATION IN TURKISH JOURNALISM SECTOR
title_full MARKET CONCENTRATION IN TURKISH JOURNALISM SECTOR
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title_short MARKET CONCENTRATION IN TURKISH JOURNALISM SECTOR
title_sort market concentration in turkish journalism sector
topic maket concentration
Turkish journalism
internet journalism
Turkish media groups
concentration indexes
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