Media Institutions and Systems

Communication cannot occur in a vacuum; its content, form, flow and impact depends on and varies across the institutions and systems within which it occurs. This area of research explores the history, design, diffusion and regulation of traditional and emerging media, from specific technologies, mediums, organizations, and industries to their formation into broader local, national, international and global media systems.

Media Institutions and Systems News

05/06/2021

Andrews and Haywood Named Presidential Ph.D. Fellows

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

02/17/2021

Pawel Popiel Named 2021-2023 Gerbner Fellow

Amy Gutmann, Ph.D.

Penn President

Barbie Zelizer, Ph.D.

Raymond Williams Professor of Communication

Damon Centola, Ph.D.

Professor of Communication, Sociology and Engineering

Guobin Yang, Ph.D.

Grace Lee Boggs Professor of Communication and Sociology

Jessa Lingel, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Communication

Joseph Turow, Ph.D.

Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Media Systems & Industries

Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D.

Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication

Sandra González-Bailón, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Communication

Portrait of Victor Pickard in front of a bookcase

Victor Pickard, Ph.D.

Professor of Media Policy and Political Economy

Yphtach Lelkes, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Communication

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

Peter Decherney, Ph.D.

Professor of Cinema Studies and English, School of Arts and Sciences

Postdoctoral Researcher

Emily Hund, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Center on Digital Culture and Society

Malav Kanuga, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Media, Inequality and Change Center

Pawel Popiel, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Media, Inequality & Change Center

Revati Prasad, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication

Richard Stupart, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Media at Risk

Timothy Neff, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Media, Inequality & Change Center

Videos

Annenberg Conversations on Race: Ben Jealous & Sarah J. Jackson

Uploaded on Monday, October 26, 2020 - 1:57pm

The inaugural Annenberg Conversations on Race event featured Annenberg Presidential Associate Professor Sarah J. Jackson in conversation with...

LaCharles Ward - "The Lively Dead: Carrie Mae Weems, Photography, and Black Life’s Requiem"

Uploaded on Tuesday, April 28, 2020 - 11:55am

The Center for Media at Risk of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania held a virtual colloquium on April 15, 2020...

Silvio Waisbord: "Mob Censorship: Online Harassment of Journalists & the Risks of Digital Publicity"

Uploaded on Tuesday, April 28, 2020 - 11:53am

On April 1, 2020, The Center for Media at Risk of the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for publication held a virtual colloquium...

Democracy Without Journalism?: Confronting the Misinformation Society

Uploaded on Monday, March 23, 2020 - 11:31am

In his new book, Professor Victor Pickard, who is the co-director of the Media, Inequality & Change Center, unpacks the decline in public service...

Net Neutrality Explained with David Elliot Berman

Uploaded on Friday, October 18, 2019 - 4:34pm

What is net neutrality? Why does it matter to Americans? And what does it mean that net neutrality has been repealed? Check out this short explainer...