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News 4 Aug 2016

Annenberg Launches Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication

Under the direction of Marwan Kraidy, the center is the first to study communication and globalization.

Global Communication

Emile Bruneau shakes hands while Dalai Lama as they both smile for the picture

Faculty News 24 Jun 2016

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

Cover of PARGC Paper 4. Two wooden human-like figures stand to the left and right of the image on orange cubes with white tops. From head-to-head in an arc shape are circles of very faded green, red and yellow.

Research 22 Jun 2016

Project for Advanced Research in Global Communication Releases PARGC Paper 4 by Arjun Appadurai

"The Academic Digital Divide and Uneven Global Development" warns against the dangers of “knowledge-based imperialism and scholarly apartheid.”

Cover of Weiyu Zhang's 'The Internet and New Social Formation in China: Fandom Publics in the Making'. The left third of the cover is red, with Chinese characters right-aligned at the top. In the middle, slightly to the left is a drawing made of dotted lines that appears to be a light bulb. The other two-thirds is split horizontally. The top has what appears to the top quarter of the Earth drawn with bright yellow lines. Its background is red. The bottom half is orange and has the title and author name.

Graduate Student News 2 Jun 2016

Annenberg Student and Alumna Collaborate To Crowdsource Book Translation

Weiyu Zhang (Ph.D '08) and doctoral student Kecheng Fang collaborated on the Chinese translation of The Internet and New Social Formation in China: Fandom Publics in the Making.

Marwan Kraidy in a suit and tie standing in front of the Annenberg School for Communication. The picture is from the chest up.

Research 23 May 2016

New Book by Marwan Kraidy: The Naked Blogger of Cairo

Kraidy's 10th book explores the creative insurgency behind the Arab Spring: its self-immolations, graffiti, puppetry, videos, slogans, and satire.

Cover of Guobin Yang's 'The Red Guard Generation and Political Activism in China' . The background is a star made of red and white star outlines. In the middle is a red rectangle bordered by a white line. In the center of the rectangle is the title in yellow. Below the title is a drawn black and ivory thumb of a hand that is holding the rectangle. Partially under the tip of the thumb is a yellow star.

Research 18 May 2016

New Book by Guobin Yang Explores the Red Guard Generation in China

Yang explores what happened to the "sent-down" generation and how their experiences shaped China for decades to come.

Two hands holding each other, photo credit ian dooley / Unsplash

Research 26 Apr 2016

Gender Differences and Relationship Power Could be Key in Preventing HIV Among South African Adolescents

The researchers identified promising pathways to reduce IPV and help prevent HIV infection, including promoting gender equity as a social norm.

Faculty News 19 Apr 2016

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.

Eleanor Marchant standing in front of a window that that has the view of a city from a high level. There are trees and buildings in view.

Graduate Student News 11 Mar 2016

Doctoral Candidate Eleanor Marchant Pursues Dissertation Fieldwork in Kenya

Marchant's research focuses on narratives around technology and innovation in Kenya, and who controls and shapes them.

A row of colorful houses in Havana, Cuba

Faculty News 20 Jan 2016

Annenberg Faculty Visit Cuba

Dean Delli Carpini led a group aimed at developing collaborative connections with colleagues in the island nation.

Global Communication

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