News from the Annenberg School for Communication
November 13, 2012
In this issue:
Annenberg presentations at NCA
Annenberg presentations at APHA
Annenberg undergraduates in the Huffington Post
Annenberg presentations at NCA
Annenberg students, post-doctoral fellows, and faculty will present their research at the 2012 National Communication Association annual conference in Orlando, Fla. Nov. 15 – 18. You can see a sample of Annenberg activity at NCA here.
Annenberg presentations at APHA
Students Susan Mello, Dina Shapiro, and Andy Tan were among the Annenberg presenters at the American Public Health Association annual meeting Oct. 27 – 30 in San Francisco. Details here.
Today – Time to Deal: Reawakening the Spirit of Compromise – 4:30 p.m. in the Agora, Annenberg Public Policy Center.
Nov. 14 – CGCS lecture by Dr. Pedram Partovi – noon in Room 500.
Nov. 20 – Visiting scholar lecture by Helen Nissenbaum – 6:15 p.m. in Room 109.
Dec. 6 – Annenberg lecture by television news journalist Gwen Ifill.
Dec. 7 – Lecture by journalist Nada Bakri – noon in Room 109.
Diana Mutz, Ph.D., the Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Communication and Political Science, was a guest on the National Public Radio program “Radio Times with Marty Moss Coane” recently, talking about political campaigning advertising and whether or not it works. She also spoke to The Philadelphia Inquirer about the same topic.
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D., the Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication and Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, debriefed the 2012 campaign during an interview on National Public Radio.
Annenberg undergraduates in the Huffington Post
Undergraduate alumnus David Helfenbein (C ’08 ) harkens back to David Eisenhower’s political rhetoric class for an analysis of President Barack Obama’s Nov. 6 election night victory speech. Meanwhile, current undergraduate Ernest Owens muses about technology and its role in how we consume information.
New “3620” Podcast – The Soundtrack of a Ph.D.
Brooks Jackson, director of FactCheck.org, discussed the efficacy of the fact-checking industry in an interview with The Washington Post.
FactCheck and FlackCheck in the news:
November 8 – The Philadelphia Inquirer
November 8 – Yahoo! News
November 7 – Project Syndicate
November 6 – The Independent.com
November 6 – CNNMoney.com
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