Josef Trappel is Professor of media policy and media economics at the Department of Communication Research at the University of Salzburg, Austria. Before, he was Head of IPMZ, Center for Knowledge Transfer and Applied Media Research at the Institute for Mass Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich, Switzerland. From 1996 to 2003 he was Head of the media research department at Prognos, an international consultancy company based in Basel, Switzerland.
His research work concentrates on changes in mass media structures and their implications on mass communication (media structures, media policy, media economics).
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