News from the Annenberg School for Communication
November 16, 2010
The rocky road from laboratory to the news
The rocky road from laboratory to the news
Research by Annenberg’s Jean M. Brechman, Ph.D.; Chul-joo Lee, Ph.D.; and Joseph Cappella, Ph.D. indicate that news stories about cancer research in the mass media often do not fairly represent the original science. Their work, which is in press with the Journal of Communication, is featured on the University of Pennsylvania’s web page.
Joseph Cappella, Ph.D., the Gerald R. Miller Professor of Communication, talked about the new FDA regulations that will place graphic images of death and disease on cigarette packages during a November 16 segment of the National Public Radio program “Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane.”
Keith N. Hampton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Communication, discusses his research in a podcast via the University of Minnesota’s “Office Hours” website.
Joseph Turow, Ph.D., the Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Communication, was interviewed by The New York Times for a story about neuroscience research into how people process advertising messages.
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D., the Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication, was interviewed by the Associated Press for a story on Sarah Palin’s new reality television show.
David Eisenhower’s new book Going Home to Glory, about former President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s years immediately following his time in office, was reviewed in the November 15 edition of The Washington Post.
Brooks Jackson, director of FactCheck.org, was the featured speaker during Morehead State University’s Presidential Lecture Series.
Penn Provost and Annenberg faculty member Vincent Price, Ph.D., was named to the board of trustees at the Wistar Institute.
Angela Lee elected to NCA Communication and the Future Division vice presidency.
Peter Busse published in AIDS and Behavior.
Joel Penney published in the website In Media Res.
Friday, November 19 – Noon time colloquium with Prof. Carolyn Marvin. Annenberg School for Communication, Room 500.
Tuesday, November 23 – Scholars Program lecture by Paddy Scannell – “How to Talk – On Television.” Annenberg School for Communication, 6:15 p.m., Room 109.
Wednesday, December 1 – Alumna Erika Falk to deliver George Gerbner Lecture in Communication. Annenberg School for Communication, 5 p.m., Room 109.
Friday, December 3 – Scholars Program Symposium – Orders and Borders: Communication and Power in the Global Era.
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