This Event is no longer receiving submissions.

The scientific committee of this small, informal workshop invites submissions of high-quality empirical or theoretical research on the role of media and technology in determining the information, beliefs, and behavior of individuals in today’s society. Possible topics include:

  • Production, consumption, and absorption of information

  • The effect of digital and traditional media on politics and society

  • Biased reporting, fake news, fact-checking, journalistic independence, media capture

  • Media policy, media funding, regulation of social media and digital platforms, media concentration

  • The formation of political and societal beliefs and opinions

  • The effect of innovation in media and/or communication technology on all of the above

Keynote speakers

  • Matthew Gentzkow, Stanford University

  • Ekaterina Zhuravskaya, PSE and CEPR

Scientific Committee

Julia Cagé (Sciences Po and CEPR), Ruben Durante (Pompeu Fabra and CEPR), Dana Foarta (Stanford and CEPR), Matt Gentzkow (Stanford), Alexey Makarin (MIT and CEPR), Greg Martin (Stanford), Maria Petrova (Pompeu Fabra and CEPR), Andrea Prat (Chair – Columbia University and CEPR), Markus Prior (Princeton), Nancy Qian (Northwestern University and CEPR), Jim Snyder (Harvard), Francesco Sobbrio (Tor Vergata University of Rome), David Yanagizawa-Drott (University of Zurich and CEPR), and Ekaterina Zhuraskaya (PSE and CEPR)

Organizing Committee

Stefano Gagliarducci (Tor Vergata University of Rome and EIEF), Ruben Durante (Pompeu Fabra and CEPR), Alexey Makarin (MIT and CEPR), Mounu Prem (EIEF), and Francesco Sobbrio (Tor Vergata University of Rome)

 

To Apply

Please submit your paper or indicate your interest in participating at the link below:
https://hub.cepr.org/event/3800

Authors who already have a CEPR HUB profile can upload their submission by:
1) Going to https://hub.cepr.org/ and logging in
2) After you have logged in, go to https://hub.cepr.org/event/3800
3) Click on "Step 1: Apply"
4) Under "Apply to Attend" click "Yes"
5) Tick the boxes that apply to you 
6) Tick "Would you like to submit a paper?", upload your paper and supply the requested information.
7) Click "Submit form" to make the submission.

Authors who do not have a CEPR HUB profile can upload their submission by:
1) Creating a new profile here https://hub.cepr.org/user/register
2) After you have logged in, go to https://hub.cepr.org/event/3800
3) Click on "Step 1: Apply"
4) Under "Apply to Attend" click "Yes"
5) Tick the boxes that apply to you 
6) Tick "Would you like to submit a paper?", upload your paper and supply the requested information.
7) Click "Submit form" to make the submission.

If you have any difficulties registering for this meeting, please contact Mark Mc Gee, Events Officer at [email protected].

The extended deadline for submission of papers is 6PM Coordinated Universal Time (or GMT) on Sunday 29 January 2023.