News from the Annenberg School for Communication
March 15, 2011
Prof. Zelizer on the images from Japan
ASC research makes morning news program
Prof. Zelizer talks about the images coming out of Japan
Barbie Zelizer, Ph.D., the Raymond Williams Professor of Communication and Director of the Scholars Program in Culture and Communication, talked about why we are sometimes fascinated with images of disaster during an interview with KYW NewsRadio (CBS Radio News affiliate). Prof. Zelizer also recently discussed her book, About to Die: How News Images Move the Public (Oxford 2010) in an interview with CBS Radio News in New York.
Prof. Zelizer hosted a colloquium at the University of Michigan’s graduate department of communication studies on March 10 where she talked about her book, About to Die: How News Images Move the Public(Oxford, 2010). On March 7 and 8 she was a speaker at a Marquette University Nieman Conference titled “Assessing Evidence in a Postmodern World.”
Student, faculty research makes network morning news program
Research by Annenberg doctoral students Matt Lapierre and Sarah Vaala, and Prof. Deb Linebarger into the use of cartoon “spokespersons” on consumer products aimed at young children was featured in a lengthy story on the CBS Early Show.
Profs. Kathleen Hall Jamieson and John L. Jackson, Jr. will be among the panelists who participate in a National Constitution Center event on civility in democracy. The event, “Can We Talk? A Conversation About Civility and Democracy in America,” takes place March 26 and 27 at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. Penn President Amy Gutmann will deliver the keynote and participate in the panel discussions.
Adjunct faculty member Al Felzenberg was interviewed by The Boston Globe for a story about airport security. Prof. Felzenberg was tapped for the story because of his affiliation with the 9/11 Commission.
George Gerbner Postdoctoral Fellow Dan Berger, Ph.D. (Gr ’10) published an article, "The Prison and Its Metaphors," in Chromatikon VI: A Yearbook of Philosophy in Progress.
Dr. Berger also was interviewed recently by National Public Radio for a story about U.S. Congressman Peter King’s hearings into radical Muslim activities. "I think it's pretty frightening," Berger says of King's hearings. "The attempt to pass it off as some kind of democratic investigation seems disingenuous to me.” Full story here.
March 21 at 6 p.m. - Walter and Leonore Annenberg Distinguished Lecture in Communication, presented by Ernest J. Wilson, III, Ph.D., Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California.
March 30 - 5:30 p.m. - 10th Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture in Social Justice (rescheduled from January) - Irvine Auditorium.
April 1 at noon - Colloquium by Prof. Sharrona Pearl - Room 500.
April 5 at noon - Lecture by Visiting Scholar Akiba Cohen - Room 300.
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