News from the Annenberg School for Communication
March 8, 2011
Annenberg trio research media character use in food packaging
Profs. Kraidy, Jamieson weigh in on al-Jazzera English
Faculty, Annenberg in the news
Annenberg's Lapierre, Vaala, Prof. Linebarger research influence of media character use on food packaging
From left, Matt Lapierre, M.A.; Sarah Vaala, M.A.; Deborah L. Linebarger, Ph.D.
The use of media characters on cereal packaging may influence children’s opinions about taste, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. The report is the outgrowth of a study by Annenberg doctoral students Matthew Lapierre and Sarah Vaala, and Deborah L. Linebarger, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Communication. Details on the report can be found here.
The research has generated extensive news coverage, including stories in National Public Radio, USA Today, Health Day Reporter (a news service run by the New York Times), and CNN.
Watch for additional coverage on the CBS Morning Show, possibly tomorrow, March 9.
Annenberg faculty weigh in on the availability of al-Jazeera English on U.S. television
Annenberg's Marwan M. Kraidy, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Communication, wrote an op-ed for The Philadelphia Inquirer supporting the idea of Comcast Corp. offering a cable channel for al-Jazeera English. He also discussed the subject with the German Press Agency dpa. Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D., the Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication and Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, also supported that idea in an interview with The Jewish Exponent.
Annenberg faculty, Annenberg research in the news
Barbie Zelizer, Ph.D., the Raymond Williams Professor of Communication, talked to National Public Radio affiliate WHYY about the media frenzy surrounding actor Charlie Sheen.
Monroe E. Price, Director of the Center for Global Communication Studies, delivered a lecture via video to a conference in Iraq entitled "Media Law in Iraq and the region." The lecture is a feature item on the University of Pennsylvania news page.
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D., the Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication and Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, participated in a forum titled "The Culture of Civic Conversation in American Democracy" in Los Angeles, Calif., recently. A recording of the session can be seen here.
Prof. Jamieson also was interviewed by The Atlantic for a story about the term "Obamacare," and by the magazine Palm Springs Life for a story about Walter and Leonore Annenberg.
The Daily Pennsylvanian recently featured a project undertaken by the Annenberg Center for Global Communication Studies to help build a media infrastructure in Afghanistan.
Teaching Adjunct Alvin Felzenberg writes about Congress' efforts to cut spending in U.S. News & World Report.
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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