News from the Annenberg School for Communication
January 25, 2012
In this issue:
Alumni news - Danna Young on Minnesota Public Radio
The State of the Union (SOTU) address by President Barack Obama was the lead story in the news. Annenberg’s Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D., the Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication, talked to Colorado Public Radio about Congressman Doug Lamborn’s decision to boycott the address. Prof. Jamieson also explained the role of the SOTU as a political tool in an interview with Bloomberg.com. Speaking of campaign news, Prof. Jamieson was interviewed by The Hartford (CT) Courant about candidates who use personal stories to relate to the public.
Michael X. Delli Carpini, Ph.D., Professor of Communication and Walter H. Annenberg Dean, is one of several Penn faculty who talk about the Occupy Wall Street movement in a feature in the current issue of the Pennsylvania Gazette.
John L. Jackson, Jr., Ph.D., the Richard Perry University Professor of Communication and Anthropology, is editor-in-chief of the anthropology section of the Oxford Bibliographies.
Joseph Turow, Ph.D., the Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Communication, talked to the public radio program Marketplace Tech Report about online ad tracking and its potential use in political campaigns.
Diana Mutz, Ph.D., the Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Communication and Political Science, and doctoral student Lori Young published in Public Opinion Quarterly.
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D., the Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication, talks to the Hartford (CT) Courant about candidates who use personal stories to relate to the public.
Carolyn Marvin, Ph.D., the Frances Yates Professor of Communication, talked to The Daily Pennsylvanian about the stop internet piracy act mulled about in Congress.
Dorothy Chou, senior policy analyst with Google (above, at podium), talked about internet transparency in the first in a series of lectures by the Annenberg School for Communication’s Center for Global Communication Studies.
Alumna Danna Young (ASC ’01, Gr ’07) was a guest on Minnesota Public Radio on January 20 discussing the Stephen Colbert SuperPac.
January 26 – Lecture by Rick Perlstein, “Invisible Bridge: The 1970s and the Rise of Ronald Reagan.” 5 p.m. in Room 110.
February 3 – Colloquium by Murali Balaji, “Re-making the Indian man: Transformation, masculinity and the consumption of ‘fairness’.” Noon in Room 500.
February 8 – Book talk by Prof. Joseph Turow, “The Daily You: How the New Advertising Industry Is Defining Your Identity and Your Worth.” 6 p.m. in the Penn Bookstore.
February 17 – Colloquium by NYU Prof. Eric Klinenberg, “Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone.” Noon in Room 500. NOTE: A recent news story about Prof. Klinenberg’s work on CNN.com can be seen here.
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.
Also, save the date! Details to come!
February 21 - Lecture by Visiting Scholar John Caldwell. 6:15 p.m., Room 109.
February 24 - Student Conference, Department of Germanic Languages and Literature presents "Minority Reports: Representing Social Identity in (New) Media." Time and place TBA.
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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