News from the Annenberg School for Communication
November 27, 2012
In this issue:
Dean moderates panel on political compromise
Faculty publications - Prof. Kraidy and Prof. Pickard
Prof. Turow in AMA newsletter, Commerce Dept. presentation
Prof. Yang talks about his book
Dean Delli Carpini moderates panel on political compromise
Michael X. Delli Carpini, Ph.D., Professor of Communication and Walter H. Annenberg Dean, moderated a Penn panel discussion recently on the so-called “fiscal cliff” at the Annenberg Public Policy Center. Panelists included Penn President Amy Gutmann, Dennis F. Thompson (Harvard University), William Galston (Brookings Institution), and Russell Muirhead (Dartmouth College).
Faculty publications – Marwan Kraidy, Victor Pickard
Marwan M. Kraidy, Ph.D., Professor of Communication, has published the article “Contention and Circulation in the Digital Middle East: Music Video as Catalyst” in the journal Television & New Media.
Victor Pickard, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Communication, has published the article “The Air Belongs to the People” in the journal Critical Studies in Media Communication.
The Makeover: Reality Television and Reflexive Audiences (New York University Press, 2012) is the new book from Annenberg’s Katherine Sender. The book looks at the rapid rise of makeover television shows from the perspectives of the viewers. Dr. Sender argues that this genre of reality television continues a long history of self-improvement, shaped through contemporary media, technological, and economic contexts.
Dr. Sender also talked about reality television and the casting of gay cast members on reality shows during a recent interview with The Los Angeles Times.
Prof. Turow in the AMA, Commerce Department
Joseph Turow, Ph.D., the Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Communication, was interviewed by the American Medical Association for a newsletter story about the portrayal of medical professionals on television. Prof. Turow is the author of Playing Doctor: Television, Storytelling and Medical Power (University of Michigan Press, 2010).
Additionally, Prof. Turow recently participated in a briefing on consumer privacy sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration. Follow this link to see Prof. Turow’s presentation.
Prof. Guobin Yang talks about his work
Guobin Yang, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Communication, talks in a new video about the research behind his book, The Power of the Internet in China: Citizen Activism Online (Columbia University Press, 2009).
Diana Mutz, Ph.D., the Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Communication and Political Science, talked to National Public Radio about the implications of sitting down to Thanksgiving Dinner with people whose political opinions are quite different from your own.
Additionally, Prof. Mutz’ research into the effectiveness of political advertising was referenced in a recent post-election story in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D., the Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication and Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, was a guest speaker during an election day discussion at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California.
According to statistics from the Social and Behavioral Science Commons, work by Klaus Krippendorff, Ph.D., the Gregory Bateson Professor of Communication, is among the most downloaded of all 44,290 authors whose work is posted to the site.
Doctoral student Omar Al-Ghazzi was interviewed by The Philadelphia Inquirer for a story about the use of social media as a military tactic during the Gaza Strip conflict.
Nov. 29 – ICT4D seminar on mobile phones and economic development in Africa – 4 p.m. in Room 500.
Nov. 30 – Scholars program Symposium – “Images, Ethics, Technology.” All-day, Room 109.
Nov. 30 – Ruth Gilmore Lecture, “The Prison Industrial Complex in Flux: Race, Gender, Sexuality and Place Today.” – Noon in Room 500.
Dec. 1 – “Engaging Minds” alumni event in New York City.
Dec. 6 – Annenberg Lecture (by invitation only).
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