Events

Past Event

The 4th Media Effects Empirical Workshop

May 1, 2026
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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International Affairs Building | Lindsay Rogers Room, Room 707 | 420 West 118th St.

Annual workshop featuring latest research in political communication across subfields

Full website here: bit.ly/ColumbiaMEEW


10:00-10:30 Breakfast and Registration 

Session I (10:30–11:20)
Hannah Waight (University of Oregon, Sociology)
Seeing the State: Media Manipulation (In)visibility in Chinese Newspapers
Discussant: Erik Wang (NYU, Political Science)

Session II (11:35–12:25)
Chagai M. Weiss (University of Toronto, Political Science)
Shooting the Messenger: The Polarizing Effects of Political Attacks on the Press
Discussant: Jeremy Bowles (UCL, Political Science)

Session III (1:25–2:15)
Tianyi Wang (University of Toronto, Economics)
McCarthyism, Media, and Political Repression: Evidence from Hollywood
Discussant: Elliot Ash (ETH Zurich, Economics)

Session IV (2:30–3:20)
Jon Green (Duke, Political Science)
A Framework for Studying Podcasts and Their Audiences at Scale
Discussant: Andy Guess (Princeton, Political Science)

Session V (3:35–4:25)
Andrey Simonov (Columbia Business School)
Platform Power in News Aggregators
Discussant: Cassandra Handan-Nader (NYU, Political Science)

4:30-6:00 Happy Hour at Arts and Craft Beer Parlor (1135 Amsterdam Ave)