News from the Annenberg School for Communication
February 21, 2012
In this issue:
Today: Lecture by visiting scholar John Caldwell
Lecture by visiting scholar John Caldwell
Faculty, Annenberg in the news
Joseph Turow, Ph.D., the Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Communication, will be a guest on the National Public Radio Program “Fresh Air” tomorrow, February 22, discussing his research and his new book The Daily You: How the New Advertising Industry is Defining Your Identity and Your Worth (Yale University Press, 2011).
Prof. Turow's research also was cited in the February 20 edition of The New York Times.
Recent interviews by Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D., the Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication and Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center:
- The Diane Rehm Show, discussing political attack advertisements and the 2012 presidential race.
- The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer, talking about the recent Abraham Lincoln parody attack advertisements being shown on FlackCheck.org.
- Also, Prof. Jamieson talked about FlackCheck during an appearance at Davidson College.
- On Moyers & Company for an installment titled “Decoding the Campaigns.”
- In The Los Angeles Times talking about advertising dollars in liberal broadcasts.
- And in The Washington Post talking about FlackCheck.org.
Marwan M. Kraidy, Ph.D., Professor of Communication, discussed the roots of the 2011 Arab Spring at a lecture delivered recently at the Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service in Qatar.
February 21 – Book talk by Rebecca MacKinnon (sponsored by the Center for Global Communication Studies). 2 p.m. at the Penn Bookstore.
February 21 – Scholars lecture by John Caldwell. 6:15 p.m. in Room 109.
February 23 – Book talk by visiting scholar Murali Balaji. 2 p.m. at the Penn Bookstore.
February 24 - Noontime lecture by Emily Falk. Noon in Room 500.
February 24 - Student Conference, Department of Germanic Languages and Literature presents "Minority Reports: Representing Social Identity in (New) Media." 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., 3401 Walnut (Room 329A).
March 15 – “Screening Scholarship” film and panel discussion. 2:30 p.m. in Room 500.
March 22 – Brave Testimony Poetry Series (sponsored with the Penn Center for Africana Studies) – 6 p.m. at the Kelly Writers House.
April 5 – “Screening Scholarship” film and panel discussion. 2:30 p.m. in Room 500.
April 5 – Brave Testimony Poetry Series (sponsored with the Penn Center for Africana Studies) – 6 p.m. at the Kelly Writers House.
Also, save the date! Details to come!
March 19 - Lecture by Fred Turner. 6:15 p.m. in Room 109.
April 3 - Lecture by Wendy Chun. 6:15 p.m. in room 109.
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