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Annenberg Welcomes 19 New Visiting Scholars and Postdoctoral Fellows

The 11 visiting scholars and 8 postdoctoral fellows will spend one or more semesters at the Annenberg School.

Annenberg Scholars Program in Culture and Communication Welcomes Stewart Hoover (Ph.D. ’85) and Karin Gwinn Wilkins (Ph.D. ’91)

This academic year, the Scholars Program will be welcoming back four Annenberg alumni as visiting scholars.

• Culture & Media

Klaus Krippendorff Honored by Business Systems Laboratory

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

Giving Voices to the Disenfranchised: Filmmaker, Novelist, Investigative Journalist, and Alumna Nilita Vachani (M.A.C. ’83)

Vachani’s work shares a common thread: giving a voice to the disenfranchised.

• Culture & Media
• Global Communication

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

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

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

Fifteen Annenberg Faculty and Students Present at IAMCR 2016

Professor Barbie Zelizer gave the plenary speech, "Journalism’s Deep Memory: Cold War Mindedness and Coverage of Islamic State​."

New Study Shows Reading Harry Potter Lowers Americans’ Opinions of Donald Trump

Even when controlling for party identification, gender, education level, age, and other factors, the effect remained.

• Culture & Media
• Political Communication

Amy Jordan Named Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies at Annenberg

Jordan succeeds Carolyn Marvin, the Francis Yates Professor of Communication, who served in the role for three years.