题目: Strategic Thinking and Media Bias: Evidence from Chinese Microblog Users

主讲人：孟涓涓 教授

时间：2022年4月21日（周四）14：30

地点：腾讯会议 会议号：769 646 057

内容摘要：It has been shown that media bias contributes to belief polarization from the supply side. This paper provides a novel perspective from the demand side by testing whether news consumers are strategic enough to detect media bias. We propose a theoretical framework which shows that the tendency of reposting news with political inclination inconsistent with the media outlet’s general ideology is an indicator of strategic thinking. Combining both field data from Chinese Microblog users and an online experiment that exogenously varies whether news sources are revealed, we show both observational and causal evidence that Microblog users are more likely to repost inconsistent news, an indication of general strategic reaction. We also show that simply reminding people of media bias can make their decisions more strategic.

主讲人简介：孟涓涓，现任北京大学光华管理学院应用经济学系教授，2018年获得国家自然科学基金优秀青年项目获得者。目前任期刊Management Science副主编。她目前的研究专长包括行为经济学，行为金融学等。她的研究成果发表在国外顶级学术期刊上，如American Economic Review, Management Science, Journal of Public Economics, International Economic Review, Journal of Development Economics, Games and Economic Behavior, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization。她曾经主持国家自然科学基金面上项目“参照点和狭隘视野：行为经济学前沿问题探究” 、国家自然科学基金青年基金研究项目 “个体经济行为中的社会性因素”等项目研究。于2017年获北京大学教学优秀奖、厉以宁教学奖。开设的慕课《行为经济学》获得“最美慕课——首届中国大学生慕课精彩100评选展播活动”一等奖。