*International Journal on Media Management* *Special Issue Call For Papers: * *Funding and Media Management in the Convergence Era * *Deadline: October 15 2016* Guest Editor: *Matthew Freeman*, *Bath Spa University* Editor-in-Chief: *Bozena Mierzejewska*, *Fordham University* Media convergence has been mapped from a variety of perspectives, with scholars tracing the impact of digital convergence on everything from texts to consumption. Yet few have examined how the rise of a convergent media landscape is impacting funding mechanisms in and across contemporary media industries. It is an important time to take stock of such a relationship, since recent public and scholarly debates over funding in the global media industries seem inextricably tied to digitalization, which continues to transform how media is now produced and consumed. As such, basic business models for funding media are changing too. Digital convergence has brought an increased connectivity and hybridity between producers, audiences and media platforms. Trends such as crowdfunding, co-creation (where producers and audiences share responsibility for financing media) and even subscription-based platforms like Netflix and video-on-demand services such as iTunes all share these characteristics of connectivity and hybridity that are emblematic of convergence. This special issue aims to showcase research that examines the impact of convergence on funding and media management questions; that interrogates relationships between the digital, the funding of media, and the transformations emerging in production, distribution and consumption; or that explores the broader implications of a media culture that is more sharable, hybridized and connected on traditional funding models. Specific areas of interest for this special issue include, but are not limited to: - Shifts in power structures from corporate-driven to consumer-driven and its impact on the type of media being financed in contemporary creative sectors - Digitized interfaces and shifts in funding patterns and creative imperatives - Transmedia and the relationship between spreadable content and funding - Entrepreneurship in the media and turns toward co-creativity as funding We also welcome research that examines more specific media industries: - Film funding, including Hollywood franchise models of financing and crowdfunding platforms such as Kickstarter - Television funding, including subscription services such as Netflix and impacts of digital convergence on public service broadcasting/license fees - Videogame funding, including social media gaming production - Comics and book funding, including motion comics and online publishing - Music funding, including live-touring, streaming and downloading platforms *Submission Instructions* If authors have any questions regarding the suitability of their work for this special issue, whether topical or methodological, they should not hesitate to contact guest editor *Matthew Freeman* at [log in to unmask] <https://owa.bcu.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=ry4QxbA9X06pLsxSqW35xIrE7Shl4NMIw1zQQgjSnJ8bbR9TjN6WjpkNWNYrk_Fnv7QqBUb6ltw.&URL=mailto%3am.freeman%40bathspa.ac.uk%3fsubject%3dIJMM%2520Speical%2520Issue%253A%2520Funding%2520and%2520Media%2520Management%2520in%2520the%2520Convergence%2520Era>, or journal editor-in-chief *Bozena Mierzejewska* at [log in to unmask] <https://owa.bcu.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=ry4QxbA9X06pLsxSqW35xIrE7Shl4NMIw1zQQgjSnJ8bbR9TjN6WjpkNWNYrk_Fnv7QqBUb6ltw.&URL=mailto%3ajmm-journal%40unisg.ch%3fsubject%3dIJMM%2520Speical%2520Issue%253A%2520Funding%2520and%2520Media%2520Management%2520in%2520the%2520Convergence%2520Era> . Articles will be evaluated on their general merit, contribution to new knowledge, and relevance to the topic “Funding and Media Management in the Convergence Era”. Manuscripts that meet the scope of this special issue will be peer-reviewed by two to three reviewers. All submissions must conform to academic standards, be original, and not be published nor under review elsewhere. Submissions must be in English and should be no longer than *6,000 words*. Articles must be submitted via the electronic submission system at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/hijm <https://owa.bcu.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=ry4QxbA9X06pLsxSqW35xIrE7Shl4NMIw1zQQgjSnJ8bbR9TjN6WjpkNWNYrk_Fnv7QqBUb6ltw.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fmc.manuscriptcentral.com%2fhijm> . 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