Summary of Research on Social Media and Financial Markets

What does the body of research say about implications of new social media for financial markets? In their April 2024 paper entitled “Social Media and Finance”, Anthony Cookson, William Mullins and Marina Niessner survey research on social media in finance, distinguishing between research using social media to explore investor behaviors and research on the effects of social media on financial markets. Based on the body of relevant research, they conclude that: (more…)