Fiona Scott Morton from Yale University presenting at the media seminar, held at the new CBS Manhattanville campus
Speakers for 2024-2025:
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.
**Please note that the October seminar will instead be held the week prior, in late September.
- September 25: Elliot Ash, ETH Zurich, visiting NYU — Visual Representation and Stereotypes in News Media
- November 6: Hanna Halaburda, NYU — How Blockchain Tokens are Changing Platform Economics, based on research here and here.
- December 4: Lin Peng, Baruch — Measuring Local Climate Change Attention: Does it Affect Investors and Firms?
- February 5: Alice Heath, Treasury — Government Reactions to Tragedy: How Maltreatment Deaths Impact Child Protection
- March 5: Luis Armona, Harvard Kennedy School — The Long-term Effects of Expanding Social Capital via Social Media (with Mike Bailey)
- April 2: Daniel Hopkins, University of Pennsylvania — The Rise of and Demand for Identity-Oriented Media Coverage
- May 7: Brendan Nyhan, Dartmouth College — Inattention and Differential Exposure: How Media Questioning of Election Fraud Misinformation Often Fails to Reach the Public
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.
