Digital Media and Social Networks

Digital media and social networks have radically changed the communication environment, albeit at different paces and in different ways across social groups and global regions. Annenberg’s research in this field explores the development, diffusion, uses, and individual and collective social, political, cultural, and economic impact of digital information and communication technologies, networks, and systems.

Digital Media and Social Networks News

04/06/2021

Toward a Better Understanding of "Fake News"

03/29/2021

Media Studies Scholar Sarah Banet-Weiser Researches Gender, Pop Culture, and Feminism

03/24/2021

Narratives of COVID-19 in China and the World

03/09/2021

Twitter Bots May Not Be as Influential as You Think

Andy Tan, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., M.B.B.S.

Associate Professor of Communication

Damon Centola, Ph.D.

Professor of Communication, Sociology and Engineering

David Lydon-Staley, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Communication

Duncan J. Watts, Ph.D.

Stevens University Professor

Jessa Lingel, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Communication

Joe Cappella at Annenberg School for Communication ASC UPenn

Joseph N. Cappella, Ph.D.

Gerald R. Miller Professor of Communication

Joseph Turow, Ph.D.

Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Media Systems & Industries

Julia Ticona, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Communication

Michael X. Delli Carpini, Ph.D.

Oscar H. Gandy Professor of Communication & Democracy

Sandra González-Bailón, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Communication

Sarah J. Jackson, Ph.D.

Presidential Associate Professor

Portrait of Victor Pickard in front of a bookcase

Victor Pickard, Ph.D.

Professor of Media Policy and Political Economy

Secondary Faculty

Professor Christopher Yoo at Annenberg School for Communication ASC UPenn

Christopher Yoo, J.D.

John H. Chestnut Professor of Law, Communication, and Computer & Information Science, Penn Law

Ezekiel Dixon-Román, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, School of Social Policy and Practice

Research Staff

Clovis Bergère, Ph.D.

Assistant Director for Research, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication

Postdoctoral Researcher

Emily Hund, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Center on Digital Culture and Society

Fernanda R. Rosa, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication

Sonia Jawaid Shaikh, Ph.D.

George Gerbner Postdoctoral Fellow

Zeyno Ustun, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Media at Risk

Videos

Resisting Authoritarian Control Over Media: The Center for Media at Risk

Uploaded on Friday, December 20, 2019 - 4:21pm

Authoritarian governments are on the rise worldwide, and their dampening effect on media freedom is a direct threat to the free flow of information...

Control Societies: Ruha Benjamin, "A New Jim Code?"

Uploaded on Tuesday, December 17, 2019 - 10:58am

About the Talk From everyday apps to complex algorithms, technology has the potential to hide, speed, and even deepen discrimination, while...

Anikó Imre - Secrets Without Agents: From Big Brother to Big Data

2019 CARGC Distinguished Lecture in Global Communication featuring Anikó Imre

Uploaded on Friday, October 11, 2019 - 9:26am

Anikó Imre, Professor of Cinematic Arts in the Division of Cinema and Media Studies and a member of the faculty advisory board in the Interdivisional...

Dazzle Camouflage - Jessa Lingel

Professor Jessa Lingel on Dazzle Camouflage

Uploaded on Monday, June 3, 2019 - 4:54pm

Annenberg School for Communication Assistant Professor Jessa Lingel extends the concept of “dazzle camouflage” – the practice of painting World War I...

MIC Launch Panel 5 - The Road Ahead

Uploaded on Friday, May 3, 2019 - 3:57pm

The fifth panel of the MIC launch event of April 12, 2019 was entitled “The Road Ahead,” and it reflected on contemporary challenges and considered...