Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to invite you to our presenter symposium titled "Firms' Strategic Engagement with and Responses to Traditional and Social Media," co-organized with Christopher Bruno (Wharton) at the upcoming AOM 2025 Annual Meeting in Copenhagen.
This symposium aims to advance our understanding of how firms strategically interact with the evolving dynamics of traditional and social media. We have curated four insightful working papers that delve into various aspects of organizational-media interactions. Additionally, we are honored to have two distinguished discussants who have significantly contributed to this field: Rhonda Reger (University of North Texas) and Elanor Colleoni (IULM University Milan).
Symposium Details:
• Date & Time: Sunday, July 27, 2025, 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM (CEST)
• Location: Bella Center, Hall D - D3-m7
• Sponsored by the STR, OMT, and SIM divisions
Presentations:
1. "Divided We Judge: How Arbiter Polarization Shapes Stigma Sanctioning"
o Kisha Lashley (University of Virginia)
o Jeffrey Lovelace (University of Virginia)
2. "The Hidden Tolls of Reputational Risk: Using Media Sentiment to Detect Threats to Reputation and Its Financial Impact"
o Emily Ulrich (Wharton)
3. "The Stakeholder Alignment Paradox: A Study of Media Scrutiny of Corporate Sociopolitical Activism"
o Genevieve Gregorich (Columbia University)
4. "Do Executives Leverage Social Media as an Additional Information Channel, and How? Evidence from Digital Paywall Adoption"
o Tiancheng Wang (INSEAD)
o Philipp Meyer-Doyle (INSEAD)
o Guoli Chen (INSEAD)
We very much look forward to your participation and to a stimulating discussion in Copenhagen!
(Apologies for cross-posting, as this announcement may appear across multiple division discussions.)
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Tiancheng (TC) Wang
PhD Candidate
INSEAD
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