Through interdisciplinary research, innovative teaching, and public engagement, the Annenberg School for Communication examines the forces transforming media, technology, politics, culture, and public life.
Preparing students to shape the future of communication through intellectual rigor and real-world experience.
Research powering the next frontier of communication in health, culture, data and politics.
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20+ Interdisciplinary Research Centers and Labs
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24 Standing Faculty
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1958 School founded through the vision of Ambassador Walter Annenberg
A strategic vision to pursue knowledge with purpose, educate the next generation and create lasting change.
Featured stories
We pursue knowledge with purpose, grounded in the belief that scholarship should serve society and elevate the human experience.
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In a recent podcast, Dean Sarah Banet-Weiser explored how media, technology, and changing ideas about gender and intimacy are reshaping the ways we understand relationships.
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A new survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center discovered that three in five Americans (61%) now somewhat or strongly oppose the construction of new data centers in their area.
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A team of Philadelphia-based content creators is collaborating with experts to develop a comprehensive anti-violence campaign with youth-focused workshops and educational materials to be piloted in select Philadelphia public schools this fall.
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Student Award
Tom Etienne Awarded 2026 Penn Global Dissertation Grant
Etienne studies the role of ideology in public opinion on security topics, with a focus on political linkages between Europe and the United States.
Meet our community
Behind every research project and classroom is a person with a story. Meet the Annenberg community.
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I have the freedom to study what I think matters, with great resources and a community that’s both rigorous and incredibly supportive. I honestly didn’t know academia could feel this positive and stimulating until I got here.
Yphtach Lelkes, Ph.D. and faculty -
We don't want 20% of the nation left out in the event of a major emergency.
In this video, Doctoral Candidate Matthew L. Conaty explores the vital and imperiled Emergency Alert System.
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The Annenberg community is so open and so generous. It’s important to me to do rigorous research that has real impact on people’s health.
Brittany Zulkiewicz, Ph.D. and alumni