News from the Annenberg School for Communication
October 30, 2013
In this issue:
Name Game among the projects at the Network Dynamics Group
New art exhibitg "WARNING: Graphic content"
Faculty, Annenberg in the news
Name Game among the projects at the Network Dynamics Group
The Network Dynamics Group at Annenberg, an ongoing research effort by Prof. Damon Centola, is in operation. The Name Game is one of several studies there; it leverages an online game to help determine how social norms are formed.
New art exhibit “WARNING: Graphic content”
An exhibit of over 100 political cartoons opens in the Annenberg Forum.
Faculty, Annenberg in the news
Prof. Joseph Turow talked to students at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at USC this week.
Prof. Kathleen Hall Jamieson talked about campaign micro-targeting affects fact-checking of political ads in The Forum.
Prof. Centola on Thursday, Oct. 31, will address the U.S.-China Health Summit, at the Harvard School of Public Health. He will talk about using online networking technologies to promote population health.
Prof. Sandra González-Bailón published in the journal Entropy.
Amy Bleakley from the Annenberg Public Policy Center talked to Reuters about misconceptions regarding teen pregnancy prevention and sex counseling.
Sara Mourad published in the Journal of Communication Inquiry.
October 30 – CGCS event - Media Law and Practice in Russia. Penn Law.
October 31 – Carlin Romano moderates panel discussion on Noir writing. 6 p.m. at Kelly Writers House.
November 1 – Social Action Lab guest talk by Prof. Robert Kurzban. 1:30 p.m. in Room 300.
November 6 - Scholars Program colloquium by Keyan Tomaselli. Noon in Room 300.
November 7 – CGCS event – Lucy Purdon talk on the 2013 Kenyan Presidential elections. Noon in Room 300.
November 8 – CGCS talk about research at BBC Media Action by Kavita Abraham-Dowsing. Noon in Room 500.
November 11 – CGCS talk by Gregory Asmolov – “WWW: Social and political construction of cyberspace and Internet regulation in Russia”. Noon in Room 500.
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