University of Exeter Business School

Professor Alex Connock

Professor Alex Connock

Professor of Practice

 A.M.Connock@exeter.ac.uk

 -

 

Overview

Professor Alex Connock is a specialist in the Media Business & AI.  

His textbook 'Media Management and Artificial Intelligence: Understanding Media Business Models in the Digital Age' was published by Routledge in November 2022.  

His second text book in the series 'Media Management and Live Experience: Sports, Culture, Entertainment and Events' is published in March 2024, again by Routledge.

Academic: At Exeter Alex teaches the BA course 'Media, AI and the Metaverse', plus Marketing at MBA level, alongside an elective course in Media and AI.  At Oxford University, he teaches Media, Management, Marketing and AI courses for BA, MBA, EMBA and post-graduate diplomas.   Alex has degrees from Oxford, Columbia University, INSEAD and a PhD in content optimisation for ecommerce.

Charity: Alex is currently Vice Chair of UNICEF UK, a Director of the Halle Orchestra and a voting member of BAFTA

Commercial: Alex's industry experience includes 25 years of creating, acquiring and running production companies and agencies in factual TV, branded content and digital/social marketing.  He has been responsible for many hundreds of TV programmes, digital films and campaigns for the UK commercial and public sectors and global media clients.  He has six times been shortlisted as Entrepreneur of the Year.

Nationality: British

Qualifications

  • MA (Oxford)
  • MsJournalism (Columbia)
  • MBA (INSEAD)
  • PhD (Salford)

Links

Back to top

Research

Research interests

  • The impact of Artificial Intelligence on Media Business models
  • Creative content development
  • Business strategies in top tier orchestral music

Back to top

External Engagement and Impact

External positions

  • Vice Chair, UNICEF UK
  • Director, The Halle Orchestra

Back to top

Teaching

I enjoy talking about all fields of the fast-evolving worlds of the Media (Music, Film, TV, Publishing, Advertising), both on the business models and the level of creative inspiration.  Their unique power is the common appeal of content (everyone has a Netflix account), and their ability to offer additional insight into industrial fields well outside media. 

I like to mix formats in courses, with many sessions driven by great industry guest interviews, as well as quizzes, research presentations, role playing plus interaction from beginning to end with the participants.

Modules

2023/24


Back to top

Edit Profile