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Three Annenberg Doctoral Candidates Receive 2025 Sachs Program Grants

Lucila Rozas Urrunaga, Farrah Rahaman, and Azsaneé Truss were all awarded funding for creative projects from the Sachs Program for Arts Innovation.

New Study Finds That Violent Language in Films Has Increased Since the 1970s

A new study by Computational Social Science Lab postdoctoral researcher Amir Tohidi and colleagues finds that speech about committing murder in movies is increasing over time, even in non-crime movies.

• Culture & Media
• Technology & Society

Why is Hollywood So Obsessed with Con Women?

Sarah Banet-Weiser and Kathryn Claire Higgins examine how the shows “Inventing Anna” and “The Dropout” reflect a post #MeToo society.

• Culture & Media

The Politics of Entertainment Media: How "The Apprentice" Helped Trump in 2016

A new study by APPC's Shawn Patterson Jr. and Annenberg alum Eunji Kim found that the image Donald Trump cultivated on the popular reality show increased his vote share in the 2016 Republican primary.

• Political Communication

Julia Ticona Awarded National Endowment for the Humanities Grant to Study Generative AI

Ticona and Caitlin Petre of Rutgers University will explore how generative artificial intelligence tools affect those working in creative and cultural fields.

• Culture & Media

Communication Major Crystal Marshall (C’24) Wins Thouron Award

The award will allow Marshall to study Film Programming and Curating at the University of London, Birbeck.

• Culture & Media

After #MeToo, Sexual Assault Survivors Still Fight To Be Believed

In their new book, Dean Sarah Banet-Weiser and former postdoctoral fellow Kathryn Claire Higgins explore the work victims of sexual violence go through to be believed.

• Culture & Media

Back at Annenberg: Susan Roberts (M.A.C. ‘99)

An interview with Susan Roberts about her work as Senior Director of Preschool Content & Consumer Products Research at Nickelodeon.

• Culture & Media

Exploring Life as a New Doctoral Student Through Film

Doctoral student Nya Mbock and a crew of Annenberg staff members made a short film about life as a first-year Ph.D. student.

• Culture & Media

Sharing the Stories of Community Media Makers in Philadelphia

Doctoral candidate Antoine Haywood is documenting the work and lives of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) media makers in Philadelphia.

• Culture & Media