News from the Annenberg School for Communication
April 14, 2010
Annenberg School, Policy Center, to assist Philadelphia's anti-tobacco/anti-obesity efforts
Univ. of Kentucky HealthComm Conference dedicated to Marty Fishbein
Prof. Krippendorff lectures in Turkey
School, Policy Center to assist Philly in anti-tobacco/anti-obesity efforts
The City of Philadelphia is turning to Annenberg to assist with anti-tobacco and anti-obesity efforts. Philadelphia has received a $25.5 million award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for this effort. Robert Hornik, Ph.D., the Wilbur Schramm Professor of Communication; and Joseph N. Cappella, Ph.D., the Gerald R. Miller Professor of Communication, will lead the anti-tobacco effort. Amy Jordan, Ph.D., Amy Belakley, Ph.D., and Michael Hennessy, Ph.D. from the Annenberg Public Policy Center's Media and the Developing Child and Health Communication areas, will work with the city on nutritional issues.
U. of Kentucky HealthComm Conference dedicated to memory of Prof. Martin Fishbein
This year’s Kentucky Conference on Health Communication (April 22 – 24 in Lexington, Kentucky), hosted by the University of Kentucky is dedicated to the memory of Annenberg’s Prof. Marty Fishbein, who died suddenly last November.
Prof. Krippendorff lectures in Turkey
Klaus Krippendorff, Ph.D., The Gregory Bateson Term Professor for Cybernetics, Language and Culture, was invited to speak at the occasion of the 30th anniversary of founding the Department of Design at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey. On March 8, he spoke about “Human-centered Design: Its epistemology, principles and key concepts.” On March 10, he gave a public lecture to a multi-disciplinary audience on “What design can teach the social sciences; Constructive versus naturalized accounts of being human.” He was surprised to learn that the University of Pennsylvania was instrumental in founding this university and its current president is a graduate of Penn.
On March 12, the Istanbul Technical University distracted Prof. Krippendorff from sightseeing and invited him to give a public lecture on “Human-centered design.” This, apparently for the first time, brought representatives from three universities in Istanbul together, which made for an interesting dialogue and created possibilities for cooperation.
Congratulations to Sharrona Pearl, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Communication, for being awarded a summer research grant by the Trustees of the Council of Penn Women for her research on sports, masculinity, and reconciliation in South Africa. (FYI: see the note below in "Upcoming events" about Prof. Pearl's April 20 book talk at the Penn Bookstore.)
Prof. Deborah L. Linebarger, Ph.D.; doctoral student Sarah Vaala published in Developmental Review.
Alumni Ken Winneg, Ph.D., in the American Journal of Political Science.
Prof. Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D., doctoral student Jeffrey Gottfried in Daedalus.
Amy Bleakley, Ph.D.; Michael Hennessy, Ph.D.; and Prof. Martin Fishbein, Ph.D. in Sexuality Research and Social Policy.
Prof. Keith Hampton - Facebook helping to preserve memories - The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 14.
Prof. Kathleen Hall Jamieson on elections and voter attitudes - The Daily Telegraph (U.K.),
April 10.Prof. Diana Mutz - Dogs rule with voters - The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 8.
Amy Jordan, Ph.D.; Amy Bleakley, Ph.D.; Michael Hennessy, Ph.D. pen opinion piece on sex education in The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 8.
Prof. Joseph Turow, Ph.D., was quoted in two articles in the April 8 edition of The New York Times. The first story was about teaching young children proper conduct online, and the second is about the new MasterCard Marketplace.
Prof. Marwan M. Kraidy interviewed regarding his new book in The Christian Science Monitor, April 7.
Annenberg doctoral student Angela Lee was interviewed for an online story during the International Symposium on Online Journalism.
Sharrona Pearl, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Communication, will discuss her new book, About Faces: Physiognomy in Nineteenth-Century Britain, April 20 at 6 p.m. at the University of Pennsylvania Bookstore.
Noon time colloquium - Prof. Marwan M. Kraidy - April 16 at noon.
APPC Political Communication Seminar, "Five Things that Still Puzzle Me after Half a Century of Research on Political Socialization and Civic Engagement." Talk by Prof. Judith Torney-Purta, University of Maryland. April 20 at noon in the Atrium at the Annenberg Public Policy Center. RSVP to Susan Lee.
Book talk – Prof. Monroe E. Price to discuss is memoir Objects of Remembrance – at the Barnes and Noble, 2289 Broadway, New York City, Thursday, April 15 at 7 p.m.
Prof. John L. Jackson, Jr. to lecture at the New York Academy of Sciences - April 19 at 7 p.m.
A roundup of recent coverage here.
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