News from the Annenberg School for Communication
June 4, 2013
In this issue:
Study: The revolution probably was not Tweeted
Data-Crunched Democracy conference
The revolution probably was not Tweeted
New research from the Center for Global Communication Studies suggests that Twitter may not have played as large a role in Iran’s 2009 post-election uprisings as once thought.
Data-Crunched Democracy conference
The May 31 “Data-Crunched Democracy” conference was a confluence of political consultants, news professionals who cover elections, and academics who study political campaigns. The day-long conference was covered by MediaPost reporter Wendy Davis, and was captured on Twitter at #datapolitics.
Prof. Kathleen Hall Jamieson spoke at the University of Minnesota recently about the degradation of American politics by misinformation, distortion, and deception. Her talk was covered by Minnesota Public Radio.
Prof. Marwan M. Kraidy published in Television & New Media.
Prof. Sharrona Pearl published in After Image.
Prof. Joseph Turow delivers talk at Brand University conference in Madison, WI.
Post-doctoral fellow Sarah Vaala of the Annenberg Public Policy Center was interviewed by USA Today for a story about media and technology usage by children.
Research by Dan Romer of the Annenberg Public Policy Center and his team points to marked differences in the value of computer screens over TV screens.
Timothy Fallis and Prof. Kathleen Hall Jamieson contribute chapter to new book, Venomous Speech: Problems with American Political Discourse on the Right and Left.
Rowan Howard Williams published in the journal Interactions: Studies in Communication & Culture.
Sandra Ristovska and Kate Zambon present their research at a film conference in the United Kingdom.
Kevin Gotkin invited to speak at Online Computer Library Center conference at Yale University.
Undergraduate student Dylan Hewitt’s photography on display.
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