On January 28th at 5 pm CEST we are happy to invite you to join our #emmaTalk
“Redefining Creativity: AI’s Promise and Peril for Media Industries”.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the creative and media industries, driving innovation while raising important questions about productivity, workforce dynamics and the future of creativity. As AI tools become an integral part of the creative process, they are challenging traditional approaches and creating new opportunities and uncertainties. This #emmaTalk explores the profound impact of AI on the creative landscape and examines its potential to redefine how value is created, shared and sustained in these industries. The talk will first present recent work and research results from within the emma community, with different perspectives and foci. We will then discuss what perspectives emerge from this work and what unaddressed areas of research might be relevant for collaborative research among emma researchers.
Alexander Connock: University of Oxford: AI-impact on the creative industry: Do we know anything?
Sabine Baumann – Berlin School of Economics and Law / Gillian Doyle – University of Glasgow: AI’s impact on creative work: Is AI a cure for Baumol’s disease?
Stephan Böhm – RheinMain University: AI impact on the media workforce – insights from a preliminary industry study.
Join us at Zoom:
Meeting ID: 858 8456 8716/Kenncode: 609598
About the speakers:
Sabine Baumann is a Professor of Digital Business at the Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany and Scientific Director at OFFIS Institute for Information Technology. Before rejoining academia, she worked in senior management positions for Bertelsmann, Germany’s largest media conglomerate. Dr. Baumann has edited several books, most recently two Handbooks on Digital Business Ecosystems (Both published with Edward Elgar) and a special issue on Strategic Media Management for the Journal of Media Business Studies. Her research areas are all interdisciplinary, involving either changes in business models due to new technologies or the strategic exploitation of network structures.
Gillian Doyle is Professor of Media Economics at the University of Glasgow, UK where she directs the MSc in Media Management. A member of the European Expert Network on Culture and Audiovisual, Gillian has led, supervised, and/or contributed to research studies on media economics and policy funded by bodies including the UK Research Councils, the European Commission, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Council of Europe. A former President of the Association for Cultural Economics International, her research has been published in several languages. In 2014 Gillian Doyle received the emma Award.
Stephan Böhm is a Professor of Telecommunication and Mobile Media professor at the RheinMain University of Applied Sciences in Wiesbaden, Germany and a visiting professor in Bangkok, Istanbul, and Australia. Before he joined academia in 2006, he worked for the leading strategy and technology-consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton in Berlin and Düsseldorf. He co-founded the CAEBUS Center for Advanced E-Business Studies and the Mobile Media Forum. His current research focuses on interactive and AI-based media innovations, technology acceptance research, and mobile HCI/UX. He is currently working on a Springer book on AI-based media innovation as co-editor.
Alexander Connock is a Senior Fellow in Management Practice at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, specializing in the media business with roles in academia, entertainment, and UK charities. From 1998 to 2011, he co-founded and led the media group Ten Alps with Bob Geldof, producing factual programs, and digital content like Teachers TV, and managing 500+ business publications and two advertising agencies. From 2012 to 2017, he was Managing Director at Endemol Shine North (now Workerbee), creating content for major UK broadcasters and social platforms. He is Vice-Chair at UNICEF UK, a director at The Halle Orchestra, and holds degrees from Oxford, Columbia, INSEAD, and a PhD in video optimization for e-commerce.
This #emmaTalk is moderated by Denise Voci, Senior Scientist at the Department of Media and Communications at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria and a member of the emma board, responsible for special projects.
We welcome everyone to listen to the panel and join the discussion!