News from the Annenberg School for Communication
October 30, 2012
In this issue:
FactCheck and FlackCheck in the news
Joseph Turow, Ph.D., the Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Communication, was interviewed recently by Marketplace Tech Report for a story about Google’s new social search engine and the personal information it may mine.
Prof. Turow also was quoted by The Los Angeles Times for a story about information regarding disclosures now being more easily accessible online.
Diana Mutz, Ph.D., the Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Communication and Political Science, discussed her research into “in your face politics” at a forum at Boston University last week.
Klaus Krippendorff, Ph.D., the Gregory Bateson Professor for Cybernetics, Language, and Culture published a critique of Chapter 19 of the new edition of Communication Yearbook. The title of his Chapter 20: “Commentary—A Dissenting View on So-Called Paradoxes of Reliability Coefficients”, pages 481-499 in Communication Yearbook 36, edited by Charles T. Salmon and published in New York and London by Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2013.
Secondary Faculty member Caryn Lerman was the recipient of a National Cancer Institute grant to explore the use of brain training to help people change behaviors that increase cancer risk.
Annenberg faculty continues to be called upon for comment as election day draws near.
October 25 – The Washington Times.
October 23 – Bill Moyers.
October 23 – The Washington Post.
Diana Mutz
October 26 – National Public Radio.
FactCheck and FlackCheck in the news
FactCheck.org/FlackCheck.org featured in program on fact checking aired this week by the Japan network NHK World (they filmed the FactCheck team working during the last debate).
Eugene Kiley was interviewed by Southern California public radio for a pre-debate story.
Lori Robertson did a post-debate briefing on MSNBC after the third and final presidential debate.
Patrick Burkart, who delivered a noontime colloquium at Annenberg on Oct. 25, was a guest that same day on the NPR affiliate WHYY’s “Newsworks” program talking about the Pirate Party.
New “3620” podcast – “Specters of Science.”
The Rupture Sometimes, a documentary film about disabilities by doctoral student Kevin Gotkin, will be featured at an art exhibit at Haverford College.
November 2 – Colloquium by Diana Mutz and research team. Noon in Room 500.
November 9 – Colloquium by Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon. Noon in Room 500.
November 14 – Colloquium by Pedram Partovi. Noon in Room 500.
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