News from the Annenberg School for Communication
February 5, 2014
In this issue:
Well wishes for Prof. Elihu Katz
Well wishes for Prof. Elihu Katz
Prof. Elihu Katz, one the founding fathers of communication research, will be moving to Emeritus status at the end of this academic year. Annenberg will celebrate his career with the Elihu Katz Colloquium on March 7. Please help us celebrate his many contributions as a scholar, practitioner, colleague, and friend by recording your personal memories, stories, and well wishes in an online forum.
Prof. Joseph Turow talked to The Philadelphia Inquirer about what marketers can know about us via big data.
Annenberg’s Winneg, Prof. Jamieson, Hardy published in Presidential Studies Quarterly.
Prof. Marwan M. Kraidy writes about Turkish television programming in Flowtv.org.
Annenberg’s Alvin Felzenberg wrote a review of the book Blinking Red: Crisis and Compromise in American Intelligence after 9/11 for The Weekly Standard.
Dan Romer from the Annenberg Public Policy Center talked to The Daily Pennsylvanian about his research into adolescent’s use of alcohol.
Andy Tan, Ph.D. (Gr ’13) published in Health Communication.
Debora Lui will be a panelist at the South by Southwest Education Conference (SXSWEdu) March 3 for a presentation titled “Learning with Digital and Participatory Maps.
February 6 - Prof. Dolores Albarracín to speak at Penn Nursing Science. Noon at Claire Fagin Hall.
February 7 – Guest lecture by ChengXiang Zhai, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. – 1:30 p.m. in Room 300.
February 10 – Book talk by alumna Brooke Erin Duffy (Gr ’11). – 6 p.m. at the Penn Bookstore.
February 11 – Scholars Program in Culture and Communication lecture by Lisa Parks. – 6:15 p.m. in Room 109.
February 12: Center for Global Communication Studies; “The Global War for Internet Governance” – noon in Room 500.
February 14 – Colloquium by George Gerbner Post-doctoral fellow Garrett Broad. Noon in Room 500.
February 18 – Annenberg Public Policy Center lunchtime seminar by Katie Davis. – APPC Atrium.
February 27: Project for Advanced Research in Global Communication lecture by Post-doctoral scholar Donatella Della Ratta – Noon in Room 300.
February 27: Prof. John L. Jackson, Jr. to discuss his research at Jewish Studies talk. – 5:30 p.m. at Café 58, Irvine Auditorium.
March 2: Second annual Screening Scholarship Media Festival – 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
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