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Call for Papers: Symposium on Communication, Ecology, and Cultural Heritage

Papers should focus on the intersections of media and communication technologies with ecology and cultural heritage.

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Exposing Hypocrisy Can Be Effective in Reducing Collective Blame of Muslims for Individual Acts of Violence

A new study evaluated real-world video clips shared on social media to determine which were most effective.

Faculty News

Is Social Media Surveillance the Virtual Stop-and-Frisk?

A new study by Desmond Patton develops a theory of everyday racism in digital policing.

Stonecipher Wins 2017 Lesbian Caucus Award

Stonecipher studies the relationship between media depictions of lesbians and real-life presentations of self by lesbians.

Graduate Student News

Graduate Students Present Research Projects from SummerCulture 2017

Held in Vancouver, the program focused on Indigenous peoples and media in an Indigenous context.

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Jordan Joins Sesame Workshop Board of Trustees

Jordan is a leading scholar of children and media.

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Art Exhibit by Dwayne "Mr. Fish" Booth on Display at the Annenberg School

Booth's exhibit considers why the public values the opinions of celebrities so highly.

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Visiting Scholar Howard Blumenthal Launches Kids on Earth Initiative

The aim of the project is to help children from different countries learn about one another’s lives.

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Annenberg Scholars Program in Culture and Communication Welcomes Des Freedman and E. Patrick Johnson

Freedman studies media policy, and Johnson is interested in black, feminist, and sexuality studies.

Faculty News

Zelizer Named 2017-2018 USC Shoah Foundation Rutman Teaching Fellow

Zelizer will use her fellowship to teach a research seminar on visual memory of war and genocide.