The effectiveness of social media and press release transparency to detect indications of financial fraud

• Main Authors: Danik Astutik, Iman Harymawan, Mohammad Nasih
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English
• Published: ASERS Publishing House 2018
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General); HB1-3840 Economic theory. Demography
• Online Access: http://repository.unair.ac.id/94498/1/Nasih-The%20effectiveness%20of%20social%20media.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/94498/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85061224374&partnerID=40&md5=d94d61f9a8cfb111d8bbb38539ad6609
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the transparency of social media and press releases can detect the financial fraud. This study uses 723 observational samples from 369 companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2015 to 2016. This study shows that social media transparen...