News from the Annenberg School for Communication
September 18, 2012
In this issue:
Gwen Ifill to be the 2012 Annenberg Lecture speaker
Tomorrow: Prof. Turow on PennAlumni's "Office Hours"
More faculty news -Barbie Zelizer, Elihu Katz, Marwan Kraidy, Carlin Romano, Manuel Puppis
Gwen Ifill to be the 2012 Annenberg Lecture speaker
Television journalist and author Gwen Ifill will be the 2012 Annenberg Lecture speaker. The talk will take place on December 6.
Joseph Turow, Ph.D., the Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Communication, will be the featured speaker in the Penn Alumni “Office Hours” webinar tomorrow, September 19, from noon to 1 p.m. He will discuss the rise of tailored political advertising.
About to Die: How News Images Move the Public by Annenberg Prof. Barbie Zelizer was referenced by the Public Editor of The New York Times during an exchange with readers over the appropriateness (or lack thereof) of the Times running a photograph of the body of U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens after his death in Libya.
Personal Influence by Annenberg Prof. Elihu Katz and Paul Lazarsfeld was referenced in a September 27 edition of The New York Review of Books. The column, by Andrew Hacker, was titled “Can Romney Get a Majority?”
Marwan M. Kraidy, Ph.D., Professor of Communication, was quoted in Forbes magazine about the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East over an anti-Muslim film.
Carlin Romano debates America the Philosophical at Beijing International Book Fair.
Visiting scholar Manuel Puppis interviewed by Radio Sweden about the future funding of public service broadcasting. You can hear the interview at this link (note, it is in German).
This week’s edition is a piece that tackles the tenure process, featuring Prof. Steve Anderson from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. You can download 3620 podcasts from iTunes, and “like” them on Facebook.
Kevin Gotkin Named HASTAC Scholar for 2012-2013.
Mother Jones magazine, September/October issue.
Marketplace Daily Discourse, September 13.
NBC 10, Philadelphia, September 13.
Columbia Journalism Review, September 18.
The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), September 17.
September 19 – CGCS speaker series. Mike S. Schaefer; “Transnational Communication about Climate Change: Characteristics and Challenges of Climate Change Communication.” Noon in Room 500.
September 21 – “Bioethics, Sexuality, and Gender Identity.” Houston Hall. All day.
September 21 – Colloquium by Babak Rhaimi; “Social Media and Civil Society in Iran.” Noon in Room 500.
September 26 – Colloquium by Joan Barata; “Rethinking Tunisia’s Media in the Wake of its Arab Spring.” Noon in Room 500.
September 28 – Colloquium by George Gerbner Post-doctoral Fellow Seth Goldman; “The Obama Effect: How the 2008 Campaign Reduced White Racial Prejudice.” Noon in Room 500.
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