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The Annenberg School for Communication is a vibrant, cross-disciplinary, and close-knit community of scholars at the forefront of engaging today's media landscape and its impact on the major issues of our world.
Announcing Annenberg’s Strategic Vision: Connected Futures
The Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania has launched "Connected Futures," its first-ever strategic vision, charting a bold course for research, education, and public...
Grief in the Time of Social Media
When someone is incarcerated, the pain extends far beyond the prison walls. Families and communities are left to endure a unique type of loss, one marked by the prolonged absence and persistent...
What Makes College Students Support Disciplinary Action for Objectionable Speech?
A new study by Associate Professor Yphtach Lelkes and Professor Guy Grossman finds that U.S. college students oppose punishing objectionable speech unless it is highly harmful, and hateful speech against minority groups elicits stronger punitive responses than statements directed at white students.
How Annenberg Hotkeys, a Free Medical Telesimulation Platform, Is Saving Children’s Lives
A new study on sepsis training in Ghana builds on prior research showing the impact of Annenberg Hotkeys, a free platform developed in 2020. It is being used in other medical settings — and its co-creator sees potential in nonmedical uses.
Leaders in Communication
Scroll through this video gallery to learn more about innovative research and academic interests of our faculty and students.
In her new book “How the Cold War Broke the News: The Surprising Roots of Journalism’s Decline,” Professor Barbie Zelizer traces journalism’s struggles today to norms developed during the Cold War.
In 2020, Netflix announced it would base its regional operations in Mexico City. Long before the streaming service arrived though, the capital had been the central hub for telenovelas, news and variety shows, led by giants like Televisa.
A neuroscientist reveals the hidden calculations that shape our daily decisions—and how to make more fulfilling, impactful choices in our work, relationships, and lives. What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice and Change by Professor Emily Falk, reveals how we can transform our relationship with the daily decisions that define our lives by thinking like neuroscientists.
Annenberg assistant professor Juan Llamas-Rodriguez explores the original reaction to the film, lasting legacy, and its important place in the history of New Mexican Cinema.
How we use data matters. Since Klaus Krippendorff, Gregory Bateson Professor Emeritus of Communication at Annenberg, pioneered the study of content analysis — advancing the fields of political science, social science, marketing, national security, and AI — Annenberg has been at the forefront of computational social science. To this day, our scholars use data to inform decision making across industry, policy, and health care domains, and ultimately, to make sense of the world.
How can we tell fact from fiction? For decades, scholars at the Annenberg School for Communication have been researching not just misinformation but also what it means to be a citizen, to be able to participate in free elections, and to experience the privileges of our constitution. The Annenberg Public Policy Center is one of many centers at the school that produces research, conferences, and policy discussions to inform policymakers, journalists, and the general public about the role media plays in their lives and in the life of the nation. This mission, in service of an informed democracy, remains one of Annenberg’s key commitments.
In the mid-twentieth century, Gilbert Seldes, the founding dean of the Annenberg School, proposed a revolutionary idea: that cultural forms like jazz, comics, and television were crucial to shaping our democracy.
Researchers at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania have been on the front lines of public health awareness for decades. Our mission? A healthier, happier world.
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