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Jim Rogers

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Jim Rogers is an Associate Professor and Chair of PhD Studies at the School of Communications, Dublin City University. His core research interests centre on the media and cultural industries, music, and copyright. 

Book

Year Publication
2023 Michael Murphy and Jim Rogers (2023) Sounds Irish, Acts Global: Explaining the Success of Ireland. Sheffield: Equinox. [Link]
2013 Rogers, J. (2013) The Death and Life of the Music Industry in the Digital Age. [Link]

Book Chapter

Year Publication
2025 Jim Rogers (2025) 'Making a Racket: Inventing the Modern Music Business' In: Bombs Bursting In Air: Music and the State. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi.
2025 Jim Rogers (2025) 'Maintaining a Racket: How the Contemporary Music Business Keeps On Keepin' In: Bombs Bursting In Air: Music and the State. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi.
2020 Rogers, J. (2020) 'Re-conceptualizing the Record Industry – Audio-Visual Nexus in an Evolving Digital Environment' In: My Kind of Sound. Popular Music & Audiovisual Culture. Newcastle : Cambridge Scholar.
2017 Rogers, J. (2017) 'Meet the New Boss: How copyright sustains oligopolistic power in the music industry' In: A Critical Guide to Intellectual Property. London : Zed Books.
2017 Rogers, J. (2017) 'Deconstructing the Music Industry Ecosystem' In: Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research. [Link] [DOI]
2017 Callahan, M. & J. Rogers (2017) 'Conclusions and Solutions' In: A Critical Guide to Intellectual Property. London : Zed Books.
2017 Callahan, M. and J. Rogers (2017) 'Introduction: Why IP? Why Now?' In: A Critical Guide to Intellectual Property. London : Zed Books.
2016 Rogers, J.; A. Cawley (2016) 'Striking a new note: assessing the position, value and restructuring of the digital music industry in the context of Ireland’s economic crisis' In: Networked Music Cultures: Contemporary Approaches, Emerging Issues. London : Palgrave.
2016 Rogers, J. (2016) 'Payer pour la musique à l’ère du tout-gratuit-pour-tous: crise, droits d’auteur et omniprésence de la musique' In: Où va la Musique? Numérimorphose er nouvelles experiences d’écoute. Paris : Presses Des Mines.
2016 Rogers, J. & P. Preston (2016) 'Crisis and Creative Destruction: New Modes of Appropriation in the Twenty-First Century Music Industry' In: Business Innovation and Disruption in the Music Industry. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar.
2016 Rogers, J. (2016) 'De-constructing the Music Industry Ecosystem' In: De-constructing Media Convergence. London : Palgrave.
2016 Rogers, J.; Preston, P. (2016) 'Crisis and creative destruction: New modes of appropriation in the twenty-first century music industry' In: Business Innovation and Disruption in the Music Industry. [Link]
2016 Rogers, J.; Cawley, A. (2016) 'A Song for Ireland? Policy Discourse and Wealth Generation in the Music Industry in the Context of Digital Upheavals and Economic Crisis' In: Pop Music, Culture, and Identity. [Link] [DOI]
2013 Preston, P.; Rogers, J. (2013) 'Convergence, crisis and the digital music economy' In: Media and Convergence Management. [Link] [DOI]
2010 Preston, P.; Rogers, J. (2010) 'The three Cs of key music sector trends today: Commodification, concentration and convergence' In: Global Media Convergence and Cultural Transformation: Emerging Social Patterns and Characteristics. [Link] [DOI]

Edited Book

Year Publication
2017 Callahan, M. and J. Rogers (Ed.). (2017) A Critical Guide to Intellectual Property. London: Zed Books,

Peer Reviewed Journal

Year Publication
2025 Jim Rogers and Sergio Sparviero (2025) 'Copyright, the Music Business, and the Evolution of Performing Rights Organizations'. International Communication Gazette, 87 (4).
2025 Jim Rogers and Sergio Sparviero (2025) 'Navigating Performing Rights in Music: Digital-Native Organizations, Changing Values, and Industry Shifts in the US and Beyond'. International Communication Gazette, 87 (4).
2023 Rogers, J.; Sparviero, S.; Wikström, P. (2023) 'Royalty Collection Organizations: Private Interest Enterprises or Social Purpose Organisations?'. Political Economy of Communication, 10 . [Link]
2016 Rogers, Jim; Cawley, Anthony (2016) 'A Song for Ireland? Policy Discourse and Wealth Generation in the Music Industry in the Context of Digital Upheavals and Economic Crisis'. NETWORKED MUSIC CULTURES: CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES, EMERGING ISSUES, . [DOI]
2014 Rogers, J. (2014) 'The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same: Where power lies in the twenty-first century music industry'. CIVILISATIONS, 13 :33-50.
2014 Rogers, J. (2014) 'Canary down the Mine: Music and Copyright at the Digital Coalface'. Socialism and Democracy, 28 (1):34-50.
2014 Rogers, Jim; O'Boyle, Neil; Preston, Paschal; Fehr, Franziska (2014) 'The significance of small differences: Cultural diversity and broadcasting in Ireland'. European Journal of Communication, 29 (4). [DOI]
2014 O’Boyle, N., J. Rogers, P. Preston, F. Fehr (2014) 'New Irish in the News'. Irish Communications Review, 14 :3-16.
2013 O'Boyle, N. & F. Fehr, P. Preston & J. Rogers (2013) 'Who Needs or Delivers Diversity Training?'. JOURNALISM PRACTICE, 7 (3):300-313.
2013 O’Boyle, N.; Fehr, F.; Preston, P.; Rogers, J. (2013) 'Who needs or delivers diversity training? The views of european journalists'. JOURNALISM PRACTICE, 7 . [Link] [DOI]
2012 Preston, P.; Rogers, J. (2012) 'Crisis, digitalisation and the future of the internet'. Info, 14 . [Link] [DOI]
2011 Rogers, J.; Spavriero, S. (2011) 'Same tune, different words: The creative destruction of the music'. Observatorio, 5 . [Link]
2011 Van Audenhove, L.; Constantelou, A.; Poel, M.; Preston, P.; Rogers, J. (2011) 'Social networks, legal innovations and the “new” music industry'. Info, 13 . [Link] [DOI]
2011 Rogers, J.; Sparviero, S. (2011) 'Understanding innovation in communication industries through alternative economic theories: The case of the music industry'. International Communication Gazette, 73 . [Link] [DOI]

Other Journal

Year Publication
2024 J. Rogers (2024) 'Ever Decreasing Circles: How Changing Global Music Industry Strategies Impact Film Composers Working in Audio-Visual Industries in Ireland' Irish Journal of Arts, Media and Cultural Policy, 10 .
2008 Rogers, J. (2008) 'Copyright and the Erosion of Sovereignty' 32 .

Conference Publication

Year Publication
2025 Jim Rogers and Sergio Sparviero (2025) Communicating Environmental Justice: Many Voices, One Planet, IAMCR 2025 Navigating Performing Rights in Music: Digital-Native Organizations, Changing Values, and Industry Shifts in the US and Beyond Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 13/07/2025- 17/07/2025
2021 J. Rogers (2021) Annual conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research, IAMCR ‘Don't you wonder sometimes 'bout sound and vision?’: How global music business strategies are reshaping local audio-visual production United States International University, Nairobi, Kenya, 11/07/2021- 15/07/2021
2021 J. Rogers (2021) Technology and Tradition: An Interdisciplinary Conference What Happens When New Technologies Meet Traditional Power Structures? Change and Continuity in the Digital Music Domain University of Central Lancashire, 05/06/2021- 05/06/2021
2019 Rogers, J. (2019) Sixth International Congress: Music and Audio-Visual Culture (MUCA) The Record Industry – Audio-Visual Nexus: Corporate Strategies in a Changing Technological Environment University of Murcia, Spain,
2018 (2018) MARS (Music Audio Radio Sound) Symposium The death and life of the music industry in the digital age Seinajoki, Finland, 15/02/2018- 16/02/2018
2017 Rogers, J. (2017) EUPoP 2017 (European Popular Culture Association) Examining cultural and industrial implications arising from recent IPR developments in the music industry UAL, Holborn, London, 25/07/2017- 27/07/2017
2016 Rogers, J. (2016) Theorizing the Popular Killing Me Softly with Copyright Hope University, Liverpool, 28/06/2016- 29/06/2016
2016 Rogers, J. (2016) Theorizing the Popular Killing Me Softly With... Copyright: Popular music industry and culture in the 21st century Hope University, Liverpool, UK, 28/06/2016- 29/06/2016
2015 Rogers, J. (2015) ECREA DCC conference - Digital Culture: Standards, disruptions and values Technology and copyright: the suppression of potential for radical disruption of the record industry Universität Salzburg, Austria, 26/11/2015- 27/11/2015
2015 Rogers, J. (2015) Musimorphoses Colloqué International Paying for music in the free-for-all world: crisis copyright and ubiquitous music Telecom Paris Tech, Paris, France, 11/11/2015- 13/11/2015
2014 Rogers, J. (2014) Region as Frame: International Association of Media and Communications [IAMCR] conference The Fifth Element: Intellectual Property as New Regimes of Ideas and Practices HICC, Hyderabad, India, 15/07/2014- 19/07/2014
2013 Rogers, J. (2013) India-Ireland: From Colonialism to Nation Building IPRs and Innovation in the Knowledge Economy JNU University, Delhi, India, 28/01/2013- 29/01/2013
2013 Rogers, J. and S. Sparviero (2013) International Symposium on Media Innovations The Business of Music: Past, Present and Future Trends SMIT Institute, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, 19/04/2013- 20/04/2013
2013 Rogers, J. & A. Cawley (2013) Crises, Creative Destruction and the Global Power and Communication Orders, International Association of Media and Communications Research [IAMCR] conference Striking a new note: assessing the position, value and restructuring of the music industry in the context of Ireland’s economic crisis Dublin City University, Ireland, 25/06/2013- 29/06/2013
2012 Rogers, J. & P. Preston (2012) ECREA, 4th European Communications Conference Crisis, creative destruction and the digital media realm Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul, Turkey, 24/10/2012- 27/10/2012
2012 Rogers, J. (2012) at North-South Conversations, International Association of Media and Communications Research [IAMCR] conference Creative destruction in the digital milieu University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, 15/07/2012- 19/07/2012
2011 Rogers, J. (2011) ECREA Digital Culture & Communications 3rd Workshop Copyright, creativity and participation in the digital media economy Centre d'Estudis i Recursos Culturals, Barcelona, Spain, 24/11/2011- 25/11/2011
2011 Rogers, J. & S. Sparviero (2011) German Society for Journalism and Communication Studies (DGPuK) conference Same tune, different words: The outcome of the creative destruction of the music industry MHMK, Munich, Germany, 10/11/2011- 11/11/2011
2011 Rogers, J. & S. Sparviero (2011) Cities, Creativity, Connectivity. International Association of Media and Communications Research [IAMCR] conference The creative destruction of the music industry in Ireland: evolving revenue streams in traditional power structures Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey, 12/07/2011- 16/07/2011
2011 Rogers, J. &. P. Preston (2011) 26th European Communication Policy Research conference (EUROCPR) Social networks, legal innovations and the new music industry Het Pand, Ghent, Belgium, 28/03/2011- 29/03/2011
2010 Rogers, J. & S. Sparviero (2010) Communication and Citizenship, International Association of Media and Communications Research [IAMCR] conference Re-thinking Change in the Music Industry System. A Pluralist Economic Viewpoint University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, 18/07/2010- 22/10/2010
2010 Rogers, J. (2010) Irish Social Science Platform (ISSP) Annual Conference Beyond Copyright: IPRs and Innovation in the Digital Music Economy University of Limerick, Ireland, 02/12/2010- 03/12/2010
2009 Rogers, J. & P. Preston, & D. McGuinness (2009) Irish Social Science Platform (ISSP) Annual Conference As Important As Technology: IPRs in Digital Media Services National University of Ireland, Galway, 01/12/2009- 02/12/2009
2007 Rogers, J. & D. McGuinness (2007) Media, Communication, Information, International Association of Media and Communications Research [IAMCR] conference Examining the Relevance of the National in the Study of Cultural Industries UNESCO, Paris, France, 22/07/2007- 26/07/2007
2006 Rogers, J. (2006) Knowledge Societies for All: Media and Communication Strategies, International Association of Media and Communications Research [IAMCR] conference Intellectual Property Rights and the Shaping of the Digital Distribution Domain American University, Cairo, Egypt, 23/07/2006- 23/07/2006
2005 Rogers, J. & P. Preston (2005) Media Panics: Freedom, Control and Democracy in the Age of Globalisation, International Association of Media and Communications Research [IAMCR] conference Old Economy Power Over New Technological Sphere Howard International House, Taipei, Taiwan, 25/07/2005- 29/07/2005
2005 Rogers, J. (2005) Radio 2005: Transnational Radio Conference and Forum The Radio – Recording Nexus Storey Hall, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia, 11/07/2005- 14/07/2005

Conference Contribution

Year Publication
2024 Jim Rogers and Sergio Sparviero (2024) Network Media Structures Workshop Music’s Digital Shift: What Became of Performing Rights Organizations? University of Salzburg, Austria, 09/11/2024-09/11/2024.
2023 Alex Kouker, Ronan Cox and Jim Rogers (2023) The Lower Decks: Symposium on Open Access Publishing Cultivating Information Fluency in Undergraduate Students: The Case of the Communication: Undergraduate Journal at Dublin City University Birkbeck University, London, 07/09/2023-08/09/2023.
2023 Alex Kouker, Ronan Cox and Jim Rogers (2023) National Open Research Festival (NORF) Students as scholars: participation in open research practices Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, 11/02/2023-11/02/2023.
2023 Alex Kouker, Ronan Cox and Jim Rogers (2023) Consortium of National and University Libraries (CONUL) conference Fostering and sustaining open scholarship practice and metaliteracy at undergraduate level: The case of the Communications Undergraduate Journal at Dublin City University Silver Springs, Cork, 24/05/2023-25/05/2023.
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Modules Coordinated

Term Title Subject
2022 Critical Thinking & Independent Learning CM153