Digital Transformation in Journalism and News Media Media Management, Media Convergence and Globalization

Mike Friedrichsen
is a professor of media economics and media innovation at the Stuttgart Media University and Founding Director at the Humboldt School in Berlin. He studied Business Administration, Political Economics, Journalism and Political Sciences in Kiel, Mainz and Berlin. He earned his doctorate at the Free University of Berlin in 1996 at the Institute of empirical Market and Communication Research. His main research interests are Media Management and Media Economics, Digital Communication, New Media Technologies und Business Communication. Mike Friedrichsen emphasizes transfer between the University and Economy and in leads several Networking Organizations. He is author and editor of several books and has also published in different journals.

Yahya R. Kamalipour
is professor and Chair of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications at North Carolina A&T State University. Prior to joining A&T in August 2014, he served as head of the Department of Communication and Creative Arts, and Director of the Center for Global Studies at Purdue University Calumet, Indiana. A noted international scholar, Dr. Kamalipour’s areas of interest and research include globalization, media impact, international communications, cultural diversity, stereotyping, Middle East media, and new communication technologies. He has traveled to over 50 countries, delivered invited speeches in every continent, and published 14 books, including Media, Power, and Politics in the Digital Age; and Global Communication. In addition to serving on the advisory and editorial boards of a number of prominent communication journals and professional organizations, Dr. Kamalipour is the founder and managing editor of the Global Media Journal and founder and President of the Global Communication Association. He earned his PhD in communication at the University of Missouri; MA in mass media at the University of Wisconsin-Superior; BA in mass communication—public relations at the Minnesota State University; and  AA in communication at the Marshalltown Community College in Iowa.