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John L. Jackson, Jr. Named Penn’s Next Provost

The Annenberg School for Communication's fifth dean, Jackson will take on the new role effective July 1, 2023.

Is Social Media Good or Bad for Social Unity?

Annenberg professors Sandra González-Bailón and Yphtach Lelkes reviewed all of the previous literature to compile what scholars have discovered to date.

• Culture & Media
• Political Communication
• Technology & Society

Doctoral Candidate Tyler Leigh Awarded Rapoport Grant

The Rapoport Family Foundation grant will support Leigh’s dissertation research on freedom of expression.

• Political Communication
• Technology & Society

Democracy Amid Crises: New Book From Annenberg Institutions of Democracy Collaborative

With the nation gripped by four interlocking crises, the 2020 election cycle was one of the most turbulent in U.S...

• Political Communication

CDCS Call for Applications for Post-doctoral Fellowships, 2023-2024

The Center on Digital Culture and Society (CDCS) is accepting applications for Post-doctoral Fellowships, 2023-2024. Submit by February 15, 2023.

• Culture & Media

Undergraduates Compete to Help Their Classmates Fall Asleep

For their Public Health Communication class, students pitch ideas in a friendly “Shark Tank”-style to promote healthy sleep habits on campus.

SP2 and Annenberg Researchers Study Women’s Empowerment in Venezuela

Recognized for addressing gender inequities through a technology training program that has graduated an estimated 15,000 marginalized women in Venezuela...

• Global Communication

International Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication

The Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication (CARGC) is accepting applications for a “CARGC Postdoctoral Fellowship.” Submit by February 1, 2023.

• Global Communication

CARGC Global Media & Communication Podcast Launches on New Books Network

The Global Media & Communication podcast furthers CARGC’s goal to explore multimodal scholarship during the 2022-2023 academic year

• Culture & Media
• Global Communication

The Undying Holiday-Suicide Myth

Through an analysis of newspaper stories from the 2021-22 holiday season, the Annenberg Public Policy Center addresses the holiday-suicide myth.

• Health Communication