News from the Annenberg School for Communication
January 11, 2012
In this issue:
Presidential election 2012: Annenberg weighs in
Presidential election 2012: Annenberg weighs in
As the 2012 presidential campaign picks up the pace, so too does the number of times Annenberg appears in the news. In the past week The Washington Post and The Huffington Post ran stories about FlackCheck.org, the new web site from the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC). Additionally, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D., the Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication and Director of the APPC, was quoted in election-themed stories that ran on Minnesota Public Radio, radio program The Takeaway, the web site TechPresident.com, and the (Fort Worth, TX) Star-Telegram.
John L. Jackson, Jr., Ph.D., the Richard Perry University Professor of Communication and Anthropology, appointed to a new position for diversity with the Penn Provost.
Joseph Turow, Ph.D., the Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Communication, talks about his book The Daily You: How the New Advertising Industry Is Defining Your Identity and Your Worth (Yale University Press, 2011) in an interview with Adweek. Prof. Turow also will discuss his book at the Penn Bookstore on Feb. 8 (see Upcoming Events, below).
Dr. Hamid Naficy delivering the keynote address at the Cinema in Iran Conference
The Tehran Bureau, part of the PBS program “Frontline,” posted an essay on the recent Cinema In Iran conference, which was sponsored by the Annenberg School for Communication’s Center for Global Communication Studies.
Study by Yariv Tsfati (Gr ’02) shows that looks may not be everything, but more physically attractive members of Congress get more coverage on network television.
January 17 – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture in Social Justice, featuring Donna Brazile. 5:30 p.m. at the Zellerbach Theatre.
January 20 – Colloquium by Prof. Dolores Albaraccin, University of Illinois-Urbana. Noon in Room 500.
February 8 – Book talk by Prof. Joseph Turow. 6 p.m. at the Penn Bookstore.
February 17 – Colloquium by Prof. Eric Klinenberg. Noon in Room 500.
February 21 – Book talk by Rebecca MacKinnon (sponsored by the Center for Global Communication Studies). 2 p.m. at the Penn Bookstore.
February 23 – Book talk by visiting scholar Murali Balaji. 2 p.m. at the Penn Bookstore.
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