研究生: |
莊世豪 Cheng, Shee-how |
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論文名稱: |
數位時代下,免費報經營模式與發展之研究 ─以台灣《爽報》為例 Reinventing fre newspaper business model and development in the convergence age: A study of Taiwan's Sharp Daily |
指導教授: |
陳炳宏
Chen, Ping-Hung |
學位類別: |
碩士 Master |
系所名稱: |
大眾傳播研究所 Graduate Institute of Mass Communication |
論文出版年: | 2012 |
畢業學年度: | 101 |
語文別: | 中文 |
論文頁數: | 126 |
中文關鍵詞: | 免費報 、爽報 、數位發展 、經營模式 |
論文種類: | 學術論文 |
相關次數: | 點閱:351 下載:71 |
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創新與改革是所有企業永續經營的必經之路。在數位科技帶動新媒體發展的衝擊下,免費報受眾的閱讀習慣也漸漸的改變,這使得免費報不得不去思考如何透過科技與時下受眾的閱讀喜好及習慣的變遷做結合,並開拓受眾喜好的數位內容,以吸引年輕受眾的目光。本論文旨在探討數位時代下,免費報經營模式的轉變以及其背後的動因,並同時了解免費報未來數位發展的可能性。為了更為聚焦及代表性,本文以台灣《爽報》為個案,試圖探討台灣免費報數位化進程與其背後推廣動因。本研究借引商管領域之經營模式做為理論框架,並結合免費報特性及媒介經營管理概念等相關文獻,建構出本論文所使用的分析模式─「定位價值」、「目標族群」、「合作關係」、「行銷通路」、「盈利模式」等,藉以描述台灣《爽報》其因應數位發展經營模式的變化及未來數位時代可能的發展方向,以做為台灣免費報數位化的推動進程做中,留下學術研究佐證。
本論文共提出三個研究問題:(1)探討台灣《爽報》現今的經營模式為何?(2)台灣《爽報》在數位發展上其經營模式有何轉變?(3)未來在數位科技上,台灣《爽報》經營模式有何發展。綜合分析結果發現,數位時代下台灣《爽報》的主要經營模式如下:(1)強調受眾導向並致力建立品牌價值。(2)建立免費報數位平台的概念以拓展其行銷及通路的範圍。(3)在「自身價值」、「受眾價值」、「廠商價值」三大目標中努力經營。
從《爽報》在數位時代下其的經營模式轉變與未來發展趨勢來看,本研究結論欲歸納提出數位時代下免費報所發展出另一種數位內容平台概念的經營模式:多媒體數位平台模式(Multimedia Platform model),其內涵重點為:「免費報因應數位時代下,以一種整合的多媒體數位平台概念為基準,以受眾導向強調數位連接與互動性並提供多元內容,藉以建立品牌、塑造形象等,進而獲益」。
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