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The Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Furthering our understanding of the role of communication in public life through research, education, and service.
🚨Tomorrow! En la Caliente: Tales of a Reggaeton Warrior:
November 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
🚨Tomorrow! En la Caliente: Tales of a Reggaeton Warrior:
Interested in our new master's program? Join us on November 13 at 8:00am to see how this program can help shape your future. Register: upenn.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Interested in our new master's program? Join us on November 13 at 8:00am to see how this program can help shape your future. Register: upenn.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Tradwives. Partisan animosity. Artificial intelligence and public health. These were some of the topics covered last month at Annenberg. Learn more on our website: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
November 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Tradwives. Partisan animosity. Artificial intelligence and public health. These were some of the topics covered last month at Annenberg. Learn more on our website: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
🎉 Congratulations to Sam Wolken, a joint Ph.D. student at the Annenberg School and the Department of Political Science, who successfully defended his dissertation, titled “Local Television News in a Changing Media Environment," last week!
October 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🎉 Congratulations to Sam Wolken, a joint Ph.D. student at the Annenberg School and the Department of Political Science, who successfully defended his dissertation, titled “Local Television News in a Changing Media Environment," last week!
🎤 In the first episode of season two of Annenberg Conversations, Dean Sarah Banet Weiser talks with Professor Aswin Punathambekar and Assistant Professor Juan Llamas Rodriguez about the cross-border flow of media. Listen on our website or your favorite podcast app: www.asc.upenn.edu/annenberg-co...
September 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
🎤 In the first episode of season two of Annenberg Conversations, Dean Sarah Banet Weiser talks with Professor Aswin Punathambekar and Assistant Professor Juan Llamas Rodriguez about the cross-border flow of media. Listen on our website or your favorite podcast app: www.asc.upenn.edu/annenberg-co...
🎤 Introducing Season Two of Annenberg Conversations
This season, Dean Sarah Banet Weiser talks with Annenberg faculty about global media flows, climate communication, and the complexities of the way information moves in today’s world. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts to listen!
This season, Dean Sarah Banet Weiser talks with Annenberg faculty about global media flows, climate communication, and the complexities of the way information moves in today’s world. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts to listen!
September 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
🎤 Introducing Season Two of Annenberg Conversations
This season, Dean Sarah Banet Weiser talks with Annenberg faculty about global media flows, climate communication, and the complexities of the way information moves in today’s world. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts to listen!
This season, Dean Sarah Banet Weiser talks with Annenberg faculty about global media flows, climate communication, and the complexities of the way information moves in today’s world. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts to listen!
Interested in our new master's program? Join us on September 25 at 11:00am to learn more about the Master of Communication and Media Industries, which offers a chance to develop your skills in research, critical inquiry, and applied practice:
🔗Register: upenn.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🔗Register: upenn.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Interested in our new master's program? Join us on September 25 at 11:00am to learn more about the Master of Communication and Media Industries, which offers a chance to develop your skills in research, critical inquiry, and applied practice:
🔗Register: upenn.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🔗Register: upenn.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Congratulations to Annenberg's newest Ph.D. @sarahuang.bsky.social, who successfully defended her dissertation yesterday!
She will be joining the faculty at UT Austin’s Moody College of Communication as an Assistant Professor.
Join us in congratulating Dr. Huang!
She will be joining the faculty at UT Austin’s Moody College of Communication as an Assistant Professor.
Join us in congratulating Dr. Huang!
August 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Congratulations to Annenberg's newest Ph.D. @sarahuang.bsky.social, who successfully defended her dissertation yesterday!
She will be joining the faculty at UT Austin’s Moody College of Communication as an Assistant Professor.
Join us in congratulating Dr. Huang!
She will be joining the faculty at UT Austin’s Moody College of Communication as an Assistant Professor.
Join us in congratulating Dr. Huang!
A Message from Dean Sarah Banet-Weiser on the passing of Wallis Annenberg: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
July 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
A Message from Dean Sarah Banet-Weiser on the passing of Wallis Annenberg: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
Congratulations to Annenberg's newest Ph.D. Mariela Morales Suárez, who successfully defended her dissertation, titled "The Cuban Digital Archipelago: Media and Identity in the Margins of National Culture," yesterday!
July 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Congratulations to Annenberg's newest Ph.D. Mariela Morales Suárez, who successfully defended her dissertation, titled "The Cuban Digital Archipelago: Media and Identity in the Margins of National Culture," yesterday!
An exciting announcement from Dean Sarah Banet-Weiser:
July 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
An exciting announcement from Dean Sarah Banet-Weiser:
Congratulations to Annenberg's newest Ph.D. Baird Howland, who successfully defended his dissertation last week.
His dissertation was titled "On the narrative construction of reality in political discourse: a theory, a method, and two empirical studies.”
Join us in congratulating Dr. Howland!
His dissertation was titled "On the narrative construction of reality in political discourse: a theory, a method, and two empirical studies.”
Join us in congratulating Dr. Howland!
July 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Congratulations to Annenberg's newest Ph.D. Baird Howland, who successfully defended his dissertation last week.
His dissertation was titled "On the narrative construction of reality in political discourse: a theory, a method, and two empirical studies.”
Join us in congratulating Dr. Howland!
His dissertation was titled "On the narrative construction of reality in political discourse: a theory, a method, and two empirical studies.”
Join us in congratulating Dr. Howland!
Congratulations to Annenberg's newest Ph.D. @ljlincoln.bsky.social, who successfully defended her dissertation yesterday.
Titled "All the News That's Fit to Fund," Lincoln's dissertation explores how journalism became a philanthropic cause and examines today’s nonprofit news landscape.
Titled "All the News That's Fit to Fund," Lincoln's dissertation explores how journalism became a philanthropic cause and examines today’s nonprofit news landscape.
July 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Congratulations to Annenberg's newest Ph.D. @ljlincoln.bsky.social, who successfully defended her dissertation yesterday.
Titled "All the News That's Fit to Fund," Lincoln's dissertation explores how journalism became a philanthropic cause and examines today’s nonprofit news landscape.
Titled "All the News That's Fit to Fund," Lincoln's dissertation explores how journalism became a philanthropic cause and examines today’s nonprofit news landscape.
Congratulations to Prof. Dolores Albarracín who accepted a BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in a ceremony held last week. She was recognized for her research which has increased “our understanding of how attitudes can be changed, particularly with regard to persuasive messages."
June 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Congratulations to Prof. Dolores Albarracín who accepted a BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in a ceremony held last week. She was recognized for her research which has increased “our understanding of how attitudes can be changed, particularly with regard to persuasive messages."
🎉 Congratulations to Dr. @alextolkin.bsky.social, who successfully defended his dissertation yesterday, titled “Seeing Politics as a Sport: How Watching Sports Shapes Perceptions of Competition." Join us in congratulating him!
June 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
🎉 Congratulations to Dr. @alextolkin.bsky.social, who successfully defended his dissertation yesterday, titled “Seeing Politics as a Sport: How Watching Sports Shapes Perceptions of Competition." Join us in congratulating him!
Congrats to @David Lydon-Staley on his promotion to Associate Professor with tenure!
He spoke about what this milestone means and what’s next in his research and teaching journey.
Read more: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
He spoke about what this milestone means and what’s next in his research and teaching journey.
Read more: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
June 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Congrats to @David Lydon-Staley on his promotion to Associate Professor with tenure!
He spoke about what this milestone means and what’s next in his research and teaching journey.
Read more: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
He spoke about what this milestone means and what’s next in his research and teaching journey.
Read more: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
Today - June 3 at 6pm - at the Philly Barnes & Noble, join Prof. Emily Falk and Wharton's @corinnelow.bsky.social for a discussion of Falk's new book, "What We Value." Register here: emilyfalkbnphilly.eventbrite.com
June 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Today - June 3 at 6pm - at the Philly Barnes & Noble, join Prof. Emily Falk and Wharton's @corinnelow.bsky.social for a discussion of Falk's new book, "What We Value." Register here: emilyfalkbnphilly.eventbrite.com
🎉 Congratulations to new Annenberg Ph.D. Danielle Clark, who successfully defended her dissertation examining the role of different types of misinformation beliefs on health behaviors yesterday!
May 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
🎉 Congratulations to new Annenberg Ph.D. Danielle Clark, who successfully defended her dissertation examining the role of different types of misinformation beliefs on health behaviors yesterday!
🎉 🎉 🎉 Congratulations to our new Ph.D., Dr. @arlenefernandez.bsky.social, who successfully defended her dissertation, "Dis/rupting Corner Stores: On Bodegas, the Digital City, and the (Im)Possibilities of Refusal," yesterday!
May 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
🎉 🎉 🎉 Congratulations to our new Ph.D., Dr. @arlenefernandez.bsky.social, who successfully defended her dissertation, "Dis/rupting Corner Stores: On Bodegas, the Digital City, and the (Im)Possibilities of Refusal," yesterday!
🎉 🎉 Congratulations to our newest Ph.D., Dr. Xinyi Wang, who successfully defended her dissertation, “Investigating Environmental and Biological Factors that Shape our Curiosity for New Information” yesterday!
April 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🎉 🎉 Congratulations to our newest Ph.D., Dr. Xinyi Wang, who successfully defended her dissertation, “Investigating Environmental and Biological Factors that Shape our Curiosity for New Information” yesterday!
🎉 Congratulations to our newest Ph.D. Dr. @azsaneet.bsky.social who successfully defended her dissertation, “Conspi(racism): Subversive Ideas in Black American Art & Media," last Friday!
April 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
🎉 Congratulations to our newest Ph.D. Dr. @azsaneet.bsky.social who successfully defended her dissertation, “Conspi(racism): Subversive Ideas in Black American Art & Media," last Friday!
🎉 Congratulations to our newest Ph.D. Dr. Tyler Leigh who successfully defended his dissertation yesterday! His dissertation, “How Social Media Reduce Political Tolerance,” explores how popular social media platforms contribute to political polarization and other forms of conflict in U.S. politics.
April 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
🎉 Congratulations to our newest Ph.D. Dr. Tyler Leigh who successfully defended his dissertation yesterday! His dissertation, “How Social Media Reduce Political Tolerance,” explores how popular social media platforms contribute to political polarization and other forms of conflict in U.S. politics.
How can AI help us predict language and communication patterns that reveal how violence operates? How can it be used as a research tool? In this #PennAI video, @dupatton.bsky.social discusses how he uses AI in his research. Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqki...
April 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
How can AI help us predict language and communication patterns that reveal how violence operates? How can it be used as a research tool? In this #PennAI video, @dupatton.bsky.social discusses how he uses AI in his research. Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqki...
Prosocial social media. Gun safety. Dynamic discussions and flattering feedback. These were some of the topics covered last month at Annenberg. Learn more on our website: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
April 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Prosocial social media. Gun safety. Dynamic discussions and flattering feedback. These were some of the topics covered last month at Annenberg. Learn more on our website: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
🎉 New Ph.D. alert! Congratulations to Dr. Nicholas Dias on the successful defense of his dissertation, "The Underestimated Public: How Scholars Overlook the Meaning in Citizens' Policy Opinions."
April 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
🎉 New Ph.D. alert! Congratulations to Dr. Nicholas Dias on the successful defense of his dissertation, "The Underestimated Public: How Scholars Overlook the Meaning in Citizens' Policy Opinions."