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“Witty and Gritty” Explores the Power of American Editorial Cartooning

The new exhibition at Annenberg draws on two collections gifted in 2025, and features more than 150 original works from the two Pulitzer Prize–winning Philadelphia cartoonists.

• Political Communication

What Tradwives, Dating Apps, and AI Tell Us About Modern Relationships

On the podcast Mirror Mirror, Dean Sarah Banet-Weiser explored how media, technology, and changing ideas about gender and intimacy are reshaping the ways we understand relationships and fulfillment.

• Technology & Society

Political Communication Scholar Yphtach Lelkes Promoted to Full Professor

Lelkes’s work spans political communication, public opinion, and polarization, often using large-scale computational data and experiments to understand citizens’ political attitudes.

• Political Communication

New Collection of Political Cartoons Donated to Annenberg

Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Signe Wilkinson has announced the donation of a significant collection of editorial cartoons and originals to Annenberg Library Archive, which will become part of the School’s growing collection dedicated to journalism and media.

• Political Communication

New Director for Annenberg Public Policy Center

Professor Dolores Albarracín has been named the new director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center.

Proust and Rocha Win 2026 James D. Woods Award

The award recognizes Annenberg graduate students for outstanding teaching.

Creating Connections and Expanding Communication Research

In her role as vice dean, Emily Falk brings her expertise as a researcher and leader to build Annenberg’s community, scholarship, and impact.

Annenberg Conversations Podcast: Journalism in a Changing Information Landscape

In the second episode of season two of the Annenberg Conversations podcast, Dean Sarah Banet-Weiser talks to Professors Victor Pickard and Duncan Watts about the role of journalism in our democracy.

• Media Institutions

Pulitzer-Winning Political Cartoonist Collection Donated to Annenberg

From the proliferation of big data to the rapid circulation of information on digital networks to how citizens talk about...

At the Annual Annenberg Lecture, Kate Shaw and Chris Hayes Reflect on Capturing Attention in a Changing Political Landscape

Every year, the Annenberg School for Communication and the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania’s annual Annenberg...

• Political Communication