News from the Annenberg School for Communication
February 2, 2010
Study by Prof. Jemmott supports abstinence-only education
Dean Delli Carpini profiled in the Daily Pennsylvanian
Prof. Zelizer talks about the Jay and Conan story
Life after Annenberg outside of academia
APPC's Hennessy, Bleakley, Fishbein, and Romer published
Surprising findings from John Jemmott’s new study on abstinence-only interventions
A new study conducted by John B. Jemmott III, Ph.D., the Kenneth B. Clark Professor of Communication and Psychiatry at Annenberg, and his associated Penn colleagues, has shown that an abstinence-only intervention for pre-teens was more successful in delaying the onset of sexual activity than a health-promotion control intervention. The full report appears in the February 1 edition of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. Details available here. The study generated press almost immediately, including a heavily-circulated story from the Associated Press. Extensive news coverage of this study is anticipated.
Dean Delli Carpini profiled in the Daily Pennsylvanian
Michael X. Delli Carpini, Ph.D., Professor of Communication and Walter H. Annenberg Dean, talked about goals for the Annenberg School for Communication in a recent profile in The Daily Pennsylvanian.
Prof. Zelizer's take on the Jay/Conan wars
Barbie Zelizer, Ph.D., the Raymond Williams Professor of Communication at Annenberg, was interviewed for a recent The Philadelphia Inquirer story about NBC’s “Tonight Show” debacle. “Nobody comes out of this looking good,” said Prof. Zelizer.
Talking non-university jobs, Annenberg grads sound off
There is life for Annenberg doctoral students beyond the walls of academia. That was the message delivered by a panel of five Annenberg alumni during a discussion organized by Amy Jordan , Ph.D., director of the Media and the Developing Child sector of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, and Katherine Sender, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Communication. This inaugural joint Annenberg School/Annenberg Public Policy Center professional development event took place at Annenberg on January 26. Future workshops on undergraduate teaching and presenting at professional conferences are underway this semester. Full story.
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D., the Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication and director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, was interviewed for a January 28 story in Tampabay.com (St. Petersburg, FL) about the latest TV personalities to join forces: Glenn Beck and Bill O’Reilly. According to Professor Jamieson, “the dumb move would be to ignore the other person. The smart, strategic move is to be collaborative.”
Prof. Jamieson was interviewed for a January 30 story in the National Journal about the Obama White House’s efforts to frame their political polar opposites.
Prof. Jamieson was interviewed for a January 28 broadcast of The Takeaway discussing President Obama’s first State of the Union address.
APPC's Hennessy, Bleakley, Fishbein, and Romer published
Michael Hennessy, Ph.D.; Amy Bleakley, Ph.D.; Martin Fishbein, Ph.D.; and Dan Romer, Ph.D., and several colleagues were published in the journal Aids and Behavior.
February 5 - Noon-time colloquium - Joseph Cappella.
Marwan M. Kraidy, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Communication at Annenberg, will discuss his recently published book, Reality Television and Arab Politics: Contention in Public Life (Cambridge, 2009), at the Woodrow Wilson Center (Washington, D.C.) on Wednesday, March 24 from 12 to 1 p.m.
Annenberg doctoral student Christopher Ali published a blog entitled “Public Participation as Public Media: Digital Participation and the National Broadband Plan,” on January 27 in American University’s Center for Social Media website.
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