News from the Annenberg School for Communication
April 27, 2010
Dean Delli Carpini on Philadelphia's journalistic future
Prof. Zelizer discusses journalism and its effect on social change
Bay City, Mich. uses Prof. Hampton's i-neighbors for neighborhood watch
News from the Annenberg Public Policy Center
Student news - Loi Sessions published, Christine Nieves award, Yanik Ruiz-Ramon's advertisement for Congressman Joe Sestak
Alumni news - Trang Do to speak at undergrad graduation
Blogs, Tweets, and sundry other online activities
Dean Delli Carpini on Philadelphia's journalistic future
Michael X. Delli Carpini, Ph.D., Professor of Communication and Walter H. Annenberg Dean, opines about the future of journalism in an "op-ed" that appears in today's edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer. "Playwright Arthur Miller once said 'a good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.' That's happening less and less in America, and its bad for democracy," he writes.
Prof. Zelizer discusses journalism and its effect on social change
Barbie Zelizer, Ph.D., the Raymond Williams Professor of Communication and Director of the Scholars Program in Culture and Communication, discussed her views on journalisms affect on social change during an interview with public television in Amherst, Mass. Her appearance on the program was linked to a talk she delivered recently at UMass-Amherst. Follow this link and click “watch now” to see the interview.
Prof. Hampton's i-neighbors used for neighborhood watch
Police in the small community of Bay City, Mich. point to a number of online networks, including Prof. Keith N. Hampton’s i-neighbors, as powerful tools for crime fighting.
Prof. Diana Mutz' study on dog ownership's impact on voter decision-making covered by The Daily Pennsylvanian and The Huffington Post.
Prof. Jamieson in USA Today on President Obama's positioning on finance reform.
Annenberg Public Policy Center's Dan Romer's rebuttal to a New York Times story about violence in film.
News from the Annenberg Public Policy Center
Adolescent Communication, FactCheck.org and more.
Student News
Publication - doctoral student Lauren Sessions published in Information Communication & Society.
Undergrad Christine Nieves wins prestigious alumni honor.
Undergrad Yanik Ruiz-Ramon films Internet campaign commercial for Congressman Joe Sestak.
Penn alumna Trang Do to speak at Annenberg school undergraduate graduation. Details here.
Blogs, Tweets, and other online activities
A roundup of online thoughts, notations, and sundry from Annenberg faculty, students, and alumni.
World Bank blog by Anne-Katrin Arnold (ASC '09) and Tony Lambino (ASC '10).
Blog by alumnus Lee Shaker (ASC '08).
Blog by alumnus Jason Tocci (ASC '08)
A long list of "Tweeters."
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