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Celebratory Evening Honors Professor Emeritus Charles Wright

The Annenberg community gathered to praise Wright's major contributions to the field and the impact he has made on so many people.

Klaus Krippendorff Honored by Business Systems Laboratory

In addition to receiving the Award, Krippendorff delivered a keynote address and led a content analysis workshop.

Professor Desmond Patton Collaborates with Data Scientist on ROADS-funded Project to Prevent Gang Violence

Dr. Desmon Patton and Owen Rambow plan to develop an algorithm that analyzes the language used by gang members online.

• Culture & Media
• Technology & Society

Mutz Awarded David O. Sears Book Award for In-Your-Face Politics

The award is given for the best book published over the past year in the field of political psychology of mass politics.

• Political Communication

Emile Bruneau Meets With Dalai Lama Through United States Institute for Peace Delegation

Bruneau traveled to India to accompany a United States Institute of Peace delegation of 28 youth activists.

• Global Communication

Victor Pickard Wins Mott Book Award for America’s Battle for Media Democracy

With an eye to history, the book considers how the American media system became what it is today.

• Media Institutions

Kathleen Hall Jamieson Awarded American Philosophical Society Prize

The 2016 award recognizes her paper “Implications of the Demise of ‘Fact’ in Political Discourse."

• Political Communication

Kraidy Receives Carnegie Fellowship to Study the Spectacle of the Islamic State

Kraidy will study how the Islamic State uses graphic violence in media to maximize fear and horror worldwide.

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• Global Communication
• Political Communication
• Technology & Society

Diana Mutz Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship to Study Attitudes Toward Globalization

Mutz's project looks at how the public understands globalization and how it affects the way they form political preferences.

• Political Communication

Yphtach Lelkes to Join the Annenberg Faculty this Fall

His research focuses on how media environments influence people’s political opinions, attitudes, and voting behavior.

• Political Communication