Queen’s Workshop on the Economics of Media
Thursday, September 15th, 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 15th
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 16th
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.