News from the Annenberg School for Communication
April 17, 2012
In this issue:
Annenberg at the MPSA conference
Faculty news - honors for Profs. Zelizer, Jackson, more ...
Student news - GAPSA honor for Kevin Gotkin
Presentations at the MPSA Conference
Annenberg students, faculty, and alumni presented their research at the Midwest Political Science Association conference in Chicago April 12 – 14.
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Susanna Dilliplane |
Activation, Conversion, or Reinforcement? The Impact of Partisan News Exposure on Voter Choice |
Jeffrey A. Gottfried, with Eran N. Ben-Porath, Ph.D. (ASC ’08) and Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D., the Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication |
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Devra C. Moehler, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Communication |
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Lee Shaker, Ph.D. (Gr ’08) |
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Emily Thorson |
Belief Echoes: The Persistent Effects of Misinformation and Corrections |
Ken Winneg, Ph.D. (Gr ’09), with Michael Hennessy, Ph.D., Annenberg Public Policy Center; and Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D., the Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication |
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Magdalena Wojcieszak, Ph.D. (Gr ’09) |
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Barbie Zelizer, Ph.D., the Raymond Williams Professor of Communication, is named a Patten Lecturer at Indiana University for the upcoming academic year.
The Daily You: How the New Advertising Industry Is Defining Your Identity and Your Worth by Joseph Turow, Ph.D., the Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Communication, reviewed by socialmediatoday.com.
Victor Pickard, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Communication, writes about the sales of The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Philadelphia Daily News in an op ed that appeared in The Inquirer.
The 2012 campaign is in full swing. Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D., the Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication and Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, wrote a column for Bill Moyers explaining what candidates’ kick-off speeches really mean. She explained the issues around a California ruling that may require public broadcasters to accept political advertisements. She talked to the News and Observer (Charlotte, N.C.) about the use of the “royal we” in political rhetoric, and explained the impact of political attach advertisements during an interview with The Daily Titan, the student newspaper at CalState-Fullerton. She also talked to NPR how the legacy of naming a tax cut after a politician has its own political potholes.
John L. Jackson, Jr., Ph.D., the Richard Perry University Professor of Communication and Anthropology, receives dean’s award from the Penn School of Arts and Sciences.
Alumna Rebekah H. Nagler (Gr ’10) and Robert C. Hornik, Ph.D., the Wilbur Schramm Professor of Communication, published in Communication Methods and Measures.
Positive reviews for new book by Annenberg’s Carlin Romano.
Kevin Gotkin receives GAPSA-Provost Award for Interdisciplinary Innovation.
Piotr Szpunar to present his research at The New School.
Susan Mello elected to GAPSA board.
Former N.J. Gov. Kean visits ASC
Former New Jersey Gov. Tom Kean was a guest speaker on Monday, April 16, at the Communication and Emergency Response class taught by Al Felzenberg.
The Annenberg Public Policy Center honors the “Sesame Process” for Children’s Media Development.
A political advertisement parody about Abraham Lincoln, produced by FlackCheck.org, was highlighted in a story in TheAtlantic.com. FactCheck.org was cited in a Huffington Post column about political rumors.
FactCheck.org cited in Washington Post blog.
Leonore Annenberg Funds bestow nearly $2.7 million in grants for schools, students, artists.
April 20 – colloquium by John Christensen, Ph.D. Noon in Room 500.
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