News from the Annenberg School for Communication
June 23, 2010
Professor Turow honored by the National Communication Association
Professor Messaris organizes all-Annenberg panel at convention
Professor Pearl published in Éire-Ireland
Annenberg faculty to help establish health communication program in China
Professor Jamieson dissects President Obama's first Oval Office speech
Leonore Annenberg Scholarship winner featured in Philadelphia Inquirer
News from the Annenberg Public Policy Center
Professor Turow honored by the NCA
Joseph Turow, Ph.D., the Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Communication, is the recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award from the National Communication Association.
Professor Messaris organizes all-Annenberg panel
Paul Messaris, Ph.D., the Lev Kuleshov Professor of Communication, organized a panel of Annenberg alumni during the recent Media Ecology Association convention held June 10 - 13 at the University of Maine. Information on the panel, and the participants, follow:
Old-New vers. New-New: Pathways to Future Media
Chair: Jeff Niederdeppe, Ph.D., (Gr. '06), Cornell University.
"Comin' at Ya! A retrospective and Prospective Examination of 3D Movies and Television." - John Carey, Ph.D. (ASC '71, Gr '76), Fordham University (Dr. Carey is a member of the Annenberg Alumni Advisory Board.).
"Tailoring: The Future of Digital Media." - Brenda Curtis, Ph.D. (Gr. '10), University of Pennsylvania.
"The Future of Mobile Social Networks." - Lee Humphreys, Ph.D. (Gr. '07), Cornell University.
"I See an Avatar in My Rear-View Mirror." - Paul Messaris.
"'Vote Different': Video Goes Viral in the 2008 Presidential Campaign." - Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Ph.D. (Gr '02), State University of New York, Albany.
Professor Pearl Published in Éire-Ireland
The latest research work into human imagery by Sharrona Pearl, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Communication, appears in Éire-Ireland.
ASC Faculty to help establish health communication program in China
Renmin University in Beijing will begin a health communication program with help from faculty and researchers from the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication. Details here ...
Professor Jamieson dissects President Obama's first Oval Office speech
An analysis of President Obama's June 15 speech from the Oval Office was offered up by Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D., the Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication and Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, on the NPR program The Takeaway and on PBS' News Hour.
Results from a 2009 study on American's opinions about online ad tracking, conducted by Professor Joseph Turow, appears in TerraDaily.com, and on the RepublicBroadcating.org web sites.
Research by Professor Deborah Linebarger's Children and Media Lab were highlighted in Easy Living Guide.
Alvin S. Felzenberg, Ph.D., Presidential historian and an adjunct faculty member at Annenberg, discussed his new book The Leaders We Deserved (And A Few We Didn’t) recently on Wisconsin Public Radio.
Doctoral student Kara Garrity receives pre-doctoral fellowship from Penn's Graduate School of Education.
Leonore Annenberg Scholarship winner featured in Philadelphia Inquirer
Heirl He, a junior at Philadelphia's Central High School, is one of five winners of the Leonore Annenberg Scholarships. A very nice feature story about her appeared on page one of the June 22 edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.
News from the Annenberg Public Policy Center
Dan Romer's research into the fallacy of "light" cigarettes.
Scott Roberts becomes new National Civics Outreach Director.
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