The Influence of Media and Reputation on Sustainability Reporting Disclosure

Authors

  • Barzan Hamidi Universitas Riau
  • Arumega Zarefar Universitas Riau
  • Mayla Khoiriyah Universitas Riau
  • Raja Adri Satriawan Universitas Riau
  • Sinta Ramaiyanti Universitas Riau
  • Ulfa Afifah Universitas Riau
  • Atika Zarefar Universitas Riau

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33830/jfba.v4i2.11834.2024

Keywords:

Media visibility, Social Media, Company Reputation, Sustainability

Abstract

This study aims to determine the influence of media visibility, social media, and company's reputation on the disclosure of sustainability reports on technology and health sub-sector companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in 2014-2022. This research is a quantitative study that uses secondary data, sourced from annual reports disclosed on IDX and the company's website and corporate social media. The population of this study is technology and health sub-sector companies listed on the IDX in 2014-2022. Data from this study used 15 companies with nine years of observation using purposive sampling techniques so that 135 samples were obtained.  Data analysis techniques used in research are classical assumption test analysis, regression test, and t test using STATA 17 software. The results of this study show that media visibility is influence on sustainability reporting disclosure, social media is not influence sustainability reporting disclosure, and company's reputation is not on sustainability reporting disclosure. - The results in this study cannot be generalized, because the scope of this study is only limited to the technology and health sub-sectors.

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2025-05-16

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Hamidi, B., Zarefar, A., Mayla Khoiriyah, Satriawan, R. A., Ramaiyanti, S., Afifah, U., & Zarefar, A. (2025). The Influence of Media and Reputation on Sustainability Reporting Disclosure. Journal of Financial and Behavioural Accounting, 4(2), 64–76. https://doi.org/10.33830/jfba.v4i2.11834.2024

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