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Race, Gender, and the Appeal to Youth in the Harris Campaign

Professor Sarah J. Jackson talks about how the Harris campaign is communicating differently than the Biden, Clinton, and Obama campaigns.

• Culture & Media
• Political Communication

Professors Sarah Jackson and Desmond Patton Awarded NSF Grant To Create Cross-Institutional Program Supporting STEM Researchers From Underrepresented Backgrounds

A partnership between Penn, Northwestern University, and New York University aims to provide more opportunities for historically underrepresented researchers conducting critical technology research.

• Technology & Society

MIC Center Receives Grants To Study AI, Big Tech, and Digital Equity

The MIC Center continues to research the relationship between technology and democracy.

• Technology & Society

No Vacations, No Sleep, but Good Journalism: What It’s Like To Start a Nonprofit Newsroom

A new study explores the working conditions of journalists who leave commercial journalism to start digital-first nonprofit news outlets.

• Media Institutions

The Mission to Get Pennsylvanians Online

The Pennsylvania Broadband Research Institute, a collaboration between Penn and Penn State, looks for ways to bridge the digital divide in the state — and the rest of the nation.

• Technology & Society

Pawel Popiel and David Elliot Berman Named Marjorie & Charles Benton Opportunity Fund Fellows

For their project, Popiel and Berman will conduct research on Philadelphia's efforts to get the city's most marginalized communities online.

• Technology & Society

After 41 Years, the Union for Democratic Communications Conference Returns to Philadelphia

The organization, dedicated to creating connections between academics, media makers, analysts, and activists, has a rich history that involves many early members of the Annenberg community.

• Media Institutions
• Political Communication

Annenberg Scholars Honored at the 2023 ICA Conference in Toronto

Fifteen members of the Annenberg community received awards for their public engagement. best dissertation, top papers and more.

Democratizing the Internet: Platforms, Pipes, Possibilities

A symposium held by the Media, Inequality & Change Center brought together a diverse array of thinkers to envision a more democratic internet.

Haywood and Jackson Honored by Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists

Doctoral candidate Antoine Haywood and Walter H. Annenberg Dean John L. Jackson, Jr. receive 2023 PABJ Media Professional Awards.