News

Jin Woo Kim Named 2019-21 George Gerbner Postdoctoral Fellow

His work focuses how people are affected by political (mis)information and how new media environments shape politics.

• Political Communication

Data Artist and Doctoral Student Roopa Vasudevan Finds Creative Ways to Tell Untold Stories

She collects data about important issues and creates visually appealing ways to convey it to others.

• Culture & Media
• Technology & Society

Jamieson’s "Cyberwar" Wins Hawkins Award from Association of American Publishers

The Hawkins Award is the publisher's top prize.

• Political Communication

Media, Inequality and Change Center Receives Lenfest Institute Grant

The grant will allow MIC to facilitate dialogue between Philadelphia’s leading journalists and public advocates.

• Media Institutions

Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication Releases CARGC Paper 10

The paper explores the conflation of hacktivism with cyber-terrorism that enables states to criminalize non-violent hackers.

• Global Communication
• Technology & Society

Duncan Watts Appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor

He is jointly appointed in the School of Engineering, the Annenberg School, and the Wharton School.

• Technology & Society

The Annenberg School Welcomes Five New Undergraduate Lecturers for Spring 2019

Sam Chan, Rayya El Zein, Eytan Gilboa, Daniel Grinberg, and Lee McGuigan will offer courses in their areas of expertise.

Black and Hispanic Teens See Risky Behaviors on Social Media, but Few Actually Post about Them.

A new study from alum Robin Stevens and researcher Amy Bleakley surveyed youth about their social media experiences.

• Health Communication

Price and Ristovska Edit Volume Visual Imagery and Human Rights Practice

The book examines the role images play in human rights claims.

• Media Institutions

In Memoriam: Paul Messaris, Visual Communication Scholar and Beloved Mentor

Professor Emeritus Messaris, also an Annenberg alum, passed away last week.