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Undergrads Explore Chinese Media Landscape with Penn Media Scholars in China

Led by Professor Guobin Yang, the students visited six internet firms and ten media agencies.

• Global Communication

Zelizer Delivers Plenary Keynote on Al Jazeera and Media Freedom in Crisis, Outlines New Center for Media at Risk

The new center will help monitor and sustain a free and critical global media environment.

• Media Institutions

Study Finds Fact-checking Videos Better Than Text at Correcting Misinformation

Does it make a difference if the video is funny?

• Political Communication

Oxford Publishes Handbook of the Science of Science Communication, Co-edited by Kathleen Hall Jamieson

The handbook offers up-to-date scholarship on communicating consequential and controversial science topics.

• Health Communication

Annenberg Presentations at IAMCR 2017

We've compiled a helpful list of all presentations being given by Annenberg authors.

Pickard and Yang Edit New Book, Media Activism in the Digital Age

The book includes case studies of feminist, technological, and political interventions.

• Culture & Media
• Technology & Society

McGuigan Wins 2017 Dallas Smythe Award from IAMCR

The award recognizes a paper that combines scholarly excellence and a critical, innovative, engaged spirit.

Morris Awarded 2017 New Directions for Climate Communication Research Fellowship

Her project focuses on a small group of photographers capturing the reality of climate change.

• Culture & Media

Refuting Groupthink, Network Dynamics Group Research Proves That Wisdom of Crowds Can Prevail

Real-world implications include climate-change science, financial forecasting, medical decision-making, and organizational design.

• Technology & Society

Digital Media: Transformations in Human Communication, Second Edition Edited by Paul Messaris and Lee Humphreys (Ph.D. ‘07)

The book boasts a wide range of scholars as contributors, including 11 with Annenberg connections.

• Technology & Society