News from the Annenberg School for Communication
November 23, 2010
Prof. Hampton talks about technology and isolation on cable television news program
Highlights from lecture by HuffPost's Howard Fineman
Books by ASC faculty and alumni make Penn gift list
Prof. Hampton talks about technology and isolation on cable television news program
Keith N. Hampton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Communication, talks about social media and technology's potential to isolate people during a cable television news program.
Fineman: The good old days of journalism may not have been that good
Howard Fineman, political columnist for The Huffington Post, talked about the new and old days of the news media in part three of his trio of lectures at Annenberg. Details here.
Books by faculty and alumni makes Penn list
Books by Profs. Marwan M. Kraidy, Katherine Sender; David Eisenhower, Director of the Institute for Public Service; and alumnus David Perlmutter (C '85, ASC '91) make The Almanac list of "Fabulous Finds" for holiday shopping.
Joseph N. Cappella, Ph.D., the Gerald R. Miller Professor of Communication, lectured recently at the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR) during his sabbatical visit to the school. The talk was about designing effective anti-smoking messages for public health.
Annenberg lecturer Al Felzenberg opines in U.S. News & World Report about Gerrymandering and attempts by politicians to hold on to power.
Alison Perelman's work honored during NCA.
Poster by Brooke Duffy, Tara Liss-Marino, and Prof. Katherine Sender receive "most innovative" award during NCA.
Tonight - Scholars Lecture by Paddy Scannell.
Wednesday, December 1 – Alumna Erika Falk to deliver George Gerbner Lecture in Communication. Annenberg School for Communication, 5 p.m., Room 109.
Thursday, December 2 - writer/director of the film "Gerrymandering" to speak during Communication and Congress Class, 3:30 p.m., Room 108.
Friday, December 3 – Scholars Program Symposium – Orders and Borders: Communication and Power in the Global Era.
Wednesday, December 8 - CECCR Speaker Series - Michael Rothschild, noon in Room 500.
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