Fiona Scott Morton from Yale University presenting at the media seminar, held at the CBS Manhattanville campus
Speakers for 2025-2026:
The New York City Media Seminar Series is an initiative sponsored by the Media and Technology Program and organized by Lisa George (Hunter College) and Miklos Sarvary (Columbia Business School). The goal of the seminar is to link economists in the greater New York area working on media topics by providing a regular forum to connect with media research in economics, marketing and beyond. The seminar is open to all researchers and draws speakers from across the US and abroad.
- October 8: Leo Bursztyn, University of Chicago — The Social Media Trap (based in part on When Product Markets Become Collective Traps: The Case of Social Media)
- November 5: Joel Waldfogel, University of Minnesota —Information and the Welfare Benefits from Differentiated Products
- December 3: Sam Goldberg, Stanford — Generative AI in Equilibrium: Evidence from a Creative Goods Marketplace
- February 4: Joshua Tasoff, Claremont Graduate University — Beliefs that Entertain
- March 4: : Alex Moehring, Purdue University — Personalization, engagement, and content quality on social media: An evaluation of Reddit’s news feed
- April 1: Lena Song, University of Illinois — Digital News Consumption: Evidence from Smartphone Content in the 2024 U.S. Elections
- May 6: Raphaël Raux, MIT — Human Learning about AI
Seminars are held the first Wednesday of each month during the academic year. The sessions begin at 10:00 for coffee and conversation, with a 90-minute presentation and discussion running from 10:30-12:00. We meet this year at A Wonder Media Company, 1 Penn Plaza, New York City, located adjacent to Penn Station. To simplify security protocols, please RSVP to Lisa or Miklos if you plan to attend.
For more information, please contact Miklos Sarvary at Columbia Business School ([email protected]). Past years' seminar topics can be viewed here.
