News from the Annenberg School for Communication
September 11, 2012
In this issue:
Faculty news - Prof. Turow's ProPublica panel, Prof. Jamieson on the campaign
Student news - new podcast series
Faculty in the news
Politics, money, and technology: Prof. Turow talks tailored advertising
Joseph Turow, Ph.D., the Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Communication, was a panelist at a “Tenement Talks” panel about political campaigning and technology. Co-hosted by ProPublica, the panel covered Prof. Turow’s research into tailored political advertising.
Prof. Jamieson and the 2012 political campaign
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D., the Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication and director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, participated in a live chat on Moyers & Company on Sept. 7. Prof. Jamieson was also quoted in multiple political campaign stories with the Associated Press: A story about GOP money vs. Democratic grass roots, an essay about President Obama’s public speaking skills, a third story titled “Politics and truth: Uneasy partners, easy enemies,” and a fourth about the plusses and minuses of an ex-president on the campaign trail.
The Obama Victory: How Media, Money and Message Shaped the 2008 Election (Oxford, 2010) by Kate Kenski, Ph.D. (Gr ’06); Bruce W. Hardy, Ph.D. (Gr ’10); and Prof. Jamieson was included in the Daily Beast’s 10 “must-read” books for the election season.
FactCheck.org continues to play a prominent role in coverage of the 2012 political campaign, showing in in news stories appearing in:
The Atlantic
The Christian Science Monitor
The Los Angeles Times
McClatchy.com
BBC news
International Business Times
National Public Radio
The Atlantic
USA Today
Forbes.com
FackCheck’s Eugene Kiley discussed fact checking with The Philadelphia Inquirer.
And FactCheck’s Robert Farley spoke to NPR’s All Things Considered about Bill Clinton’s speech at the Democratic National Convention … and the next day with the same program about the speeches by President Obama and Vice President Biden. FactCheck’s Lori Robertson weighed in with interviews on CBS radio in New York and KGO-TV in San Francisco.
FlackCheck.org was cited in the French language version of Slate.com, with a link to its deception log.
“3620,” a new series of podcasts produced by Annenberg School for Communication graduate students, premiered this week with a segment on former ASC Prof. Robert Lewis Shayon.
Sept. 13 – Social Action Lab open house, beginning at 3 p.m.
Sept. 14 – Noon-time colloquium; book talk by Carlin Romano.
Sept. 21 – Bioethics, Sexuality, and Gender Identity conference. Houston Hall. All day.
Sept. 28 – Noon-time colloquium by George Gerbner Post-doctoral Fellow Seth Goldman, Ph.D. (Gr ’10).
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