Social Media
Social media has come to occupy a central role in our lives, becoming the primary vehicle for keeping in touch with friends, organizing groups, and getting news. Annenberg scholars evaluate its impact and effects on us and our society, from slacktivism to online harassment to influencers and more.
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Faculty
Moya Bailey, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar, Center for Media at Risk
Sandra González-Bailón, Ph.D.
Carolyn Marvin Professor of Communication
Man-pui Sally Chan, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Lluís Danús
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Information Networks and Democracy
Deen Freelon, Ph.D.
Presidential Professor
Olivia González, Ph.D.
George Gerbner Postdoctoral Fellow
Nelanthi Hewa, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Collaborative Communication
R. Lance Holbert, Ph.D.
Director of Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics (LAIC), Annenberg Public Policy Center
Sarah J. Jackson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Benjamin Todd Jealous
Professor of Practice, University of Pennsylvania
Aviv Landau, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Co-Director, SAFELab
Yphtach Lelkes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Communication
Juan Llamas-Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Communication
Sophie Maddocks, Ph.D.
Research & Outreach Director, Center for Media at Risk
Lucy March, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center on Digital Culture and Society
Siva Mathiyazhagan, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Associate Director, SAFELab
Danaë Metaxa, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science, School of Engineering and Applied Science
Cristina Monzer, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Desmond Upton Patton, M.S.W., Ph.D.
Brian and Randi Schwartz University Professor
Jeff Pooley, Ph.D.
Research Associate & Lecturer
Diego A. Reinero, Ph.D.
MindCORE Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Jeanna Sybert, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Media at Risk
Erin Walk, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Polarization Research Lab
Zhe Wang, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar, Center on Digital Culture and Society
Duncan J. Watts, Ph.D.
Stevens University Professor
Guobin Yang, Ph.D.
Grace Lee Boggs Professor of Communication and Sociology
Eszter Zimanyi, Ph.D.
Senior Research Manager, Center for Advanced Research in Global CommunicationGraduate Students
David S. Cordero
Doctoral Candidate
Cienna Davis
Doctoral Student
Christiana Dillard
Doctoral Candidate
Vishwanath E.V.S.
Doctoral Student
Shengchun Huang
Doctoral Candidate
Gayoung Jeon
Doctoral Student
Hogeun Lee
Doctoral Student
Tyler Leigh
Joint Doctoral Candidate in Communication and Political Science
Kirsten O. Lydic
Doctoral Student
