Economics of Media Workshop

Queen’s Workshop on the Economics of Media

Thursday, September 15^th, 2022

Smith School of Business, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario

PROGRAM

The organizers – Ricard Gil & Chris Cotton (Queen’s University) - gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council, the Smith School of Business of Queen’s University, the Economics Department of Queen’s University, and The Brattle Group, without which this workshop would not be possible.

Note: All sessions will take place in Room 120 at Goodes Hall on 143 Union Street in Kingston, ON. The sessions will be divided into 30-min presentations, and 5-min Q&A from the floor.

September 15^th

8:30am – 8:55am: Coffee @Room 302

8:55am – 9:00am Welcome Remarks

9:00am – 10:10am: Session 1: Chair Henry Schneider

Google Core Updates and Media Market Concentration

Presenter: Joan Calzada (University of Barcelona)

Local News Online

Presenter: Lisa George (CUNY)

10:10am – 10:25am: Flash presentations poster session

Federico Innocenti (Verona)

Rafael Jimenez (SSRC)

Lukas Jurgensmeier (Frankfurt Goethe)

10:25am – 10:50am: Coffee Break @Room 302

10:50am – 12:00pm: Session 2: Chair Chris Cotton

Media Capture by Competing Interest Groups

Presenter: Gerard Padro-i-Miquel (Yale)

Social Media and Behavior of Politicians

Presenter: Claudio Ferraz (UBC)

12:15am – 1:30pm: Pick up Lunch @Room 302

1:00pm – 2:00pm: Poster Presentation Session @ Room 302

2:00pm – 3:15pm: Industry Practitioner Panel

Phillip Crawley, Publisher and CEO of Globe and Mail

Andrea Sharkey, Director of Corporate Research, CBC/Radio-Canada

3:15pm – 3:30pm: Coffee Break @Room 302

3:30pm – 5:15pm: Session 3: Chair Ricard Gil

Red Scare: Impacts of the Hollywood Blacklist

Presenter: Tianyi Wang (Toronto)

Mitigating Incentives to Misinform via Information Interventions

Presenter: Ananya Sen (CMU)

Discrimination and Media Diversity

Presenter: Lena Song (Columbia)

5:15pm – 5:20pm: Closing Remarks

5:30pm – 9:00pm: Workshop Dinner

September 16^th

Organizational Economics Conference 9 am to 5 pm. See the schedule here.

6:15pm – 9:15pm: Invitation to Boat Cruise and Barbecue around the Thousand Islands.

Boarding starts at 6:15pm, from #1 Brock Street.