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Shaping the Future of Communication
The Annenberg School for Communication is a vibrant, diverse, 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.
Global Communication Scholar Aswin Punathambekar to Join Annenberg
In addition to his own research on media globalization, Punathambekar will direct the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication.
How Do Media Depictions of Tobacco Influence Smoking Decisions for Young Adults?
Two studies from the Annenberg School for Communication’s Robert Hornik find that media portrayals of such behaviors can change actions and perception, but how and by how much depends on a range of factors.
How Storytelling Can Motivate Us to Help Others
A new study finds that personal stories – instead of cold facts – make people want to help keep others safe.
Julia Cope
Graduate Student
Leaders in Communication
Scroll through this video gallery to hear our faculty and students explain their research passions and academic interests in their own words.
On May 28, 2022, Professor Emeritus Robert C. Hornik received the Steven H. Chaffee Career Achievement Award from ICA.
Doctoral Candidate and artist Roopa Vasudevan studies the ways that the everyday technologies shape our daily lives.
Dean Jackson on his research focus, interest in multimodal scholarship, and outlook on his role as dean
Prof. Julia Ticona talks about her new book, "Left to Our Own Devices: Coping With Insecure Work in a Digital Age."
Ten years after Occupy Wall Street, Prof. Jessa Lingel's class "We are the 99%: Media and Memory of the Occupy Movement" helps students understand that moment in participatory democracy.
Professor Sarah J. Jackson talks about her path to studying identity and inequality in media, and how activists can shape the public conversation.
What does curiosity look like — literally? Professor David Lydon-Staley and artist Rebecca Kamen explain how research into curiosity has been turned into art.
In this TEDxPenn Talk, Emily Falk discusses the legacy of Emile Bruneau and how we can unravel the conflicting biases in our brain to work towards a more just and peaceful world.
Paul Falzone (PhD '08), founder and director of Peripheral Vision International, uses media, technology, and pop culture to create social change in East Africa. Hear more about his path from Annenberg to Uganda and beyond.
Professor Diana Mutz talks about her new book, Winners and Losers: The Psychology of Foreign Trade.
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