News

Jin Woo Kim Named 2019-21 George Gerbner Postdoctoral Fellow

His work focuses how people are affected by political (mis)information and how new media environments shape politics.

• Political Communication

Media, Inequality and Change Center Receives Lenfest Institute Grant

The grant will allow MIC to facilitate dialogue between Philadelphia’s leading journalists and public advocates.

• Media Institutions

Second Edition of Handbook of Attitudes is Published by Routledge

The two-volume work analyzes the role of attitudes in science communication, policy, education, and other fields.

• Health Communication

Symposium Spotlights Political Cartoonists at Risk

Eight cartooning experts discussed the importance of cartooning and the fight to keep the medium alive.

• Media Institutions

Former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Delivered the 2018 Annenberg Lecture

Wheeler discussed the connection between the wealthy industrial barons of the early 1900s and today's tech moguls.

• Technology & Society

APPC Postdoc Ozan Kuru Receives Research Award From WhatsApp

Kuru will study news sharing and misinformation in the United States, Turkey, and Singapore.

• Technology & Society

New Book Celebrates the Scholarly Contributions of Long-time Annenberg Professor Larry Gross

Fifteen Annenberg alums, including Professors Messaris and Zelizer, are contributors.

• Culture & Media

The Center for Media at Risk Welcomes Inaugural Visiting Scholars

Wendy Chun, Cherian George, and Ruth Ben-Ghiat will join Annenberg this year.

The Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication Welcomes Four New Postdoctoral Fellows

Yakein Abdelmagid, Clovis Bergère, Stanislav Budnitsky, and Giang Nyugen-Thu join CARGC this month.

• Global Communication

The Annenberg School Welcomes 21 New Visiting Scholars and Postdoctoral Fellows

From feminist movements to mobile cinema in Tibet, these scholars' work spans the field of Communication.