News from the Annenberg School for Communication
December 14, 2010
Prof. Zelizer book talk at the Penn Bookstore
In the news - David Eisenhower on Colbert, more
NAES 2008 data sets now available online
Faculty, student, alumni blogging
Book talk - "About to Die" - at the Penn Bookstore
Barbie Zelizer, Ph.D., the Raymond Williams Professor of Communication and Director of the Annenberg Scholars Program in Culture and Communication, will discuss her new book About To Die: How News Images Move the Public (Oxford, 2010) at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, January 25 at the Penn Bookstore.
David Eisenhower, Director of the Institute for Public Service, and his wife Julie Nixon Eisenhower, were guests on the Colbert Report recently discussing his new book Going Home to Glory. Prof. Eisenhower's work about his grandfather also was the subject of a feature in a recent edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Joseph Turow, Ph.D., the Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Communication, discusses his book Playing Doctor on a recent installment of the NPR program Studio 360.
John L. Jackson, Jr., Ph.D., the Richard Perry Professor of Communication and Anthropology, talks to The Philadelphia Inquirer about his 40 days of imposed silence with respect to any discussion of race.
Holiday Suicides: A Myth that Won’t Go Away: The annual analysis by the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of news reporting during the previous winter holiday period reveals that newspapers continued to perpetuate the myth that suicides rise during the holidays.
Students watch news in the making: Undergrad students had a ringside seat to a recent voter focus group run by Annenberg instructor Peter Hart.
NAES 2008 data sets now available online
The National Annenberg Election Survey 2008 Online Edition (NAES08-Online) is now available to academic scholars on the Annenberg Public Policy website.
Bruce Nichols, known to many via his Museum Catering Co., passed away November 30. He was 62-years-old. Details in The Almanac.
Blogs - Faculty, Students, Alumni
Monroe Price - "Battening Down the Hatches, Circling the Wagons: The WikiLeak Effect on the Public Diplomacy of Internet Advocacy," from The Huffington Post.
Khadijah White – “For Colored Girls” in Splice.
Aymar Jean Christian - “Are ‘Straight-Acting’ Gays Killing Camp?” in AfterElton.
Anne-Katrin Arnold for the World Bank - "Deliberation - What?"
Tony Lambino for the World Bank - "Supporting Innovation by Connecting Local Actors: Reporting Tax Research n Kenya."
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