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The Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication Welcomes Two New Postdoctoral Fellows

Carlos Dávalos and Pratiksha Thangam Menon will join the Annenberg School this fall.

• Culture & Media
• Global Communication

Two Visiting Scholars Will Join the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication in Fall 2026

David Craig and John Vilanova will visit CARGC during the Fall 2026 semester.

• Culture & Media
• Global Communication

“Planet Digital” Maps Power, Culture, and Connectivity in Global Media

In Planet Digital: A Global Media Cultures Reader, published by NYU Press, Professor Aswin Punathambekar, Director of the Center for...

• Culture & Media
• Global Communication

Call for Proposals: AoIR 2026 Preconference - “Lockdown and its (Digital) Afterlives: Media, Infrastructure, and Everyday Life in Regenerative Perspective”

CARGC is accepting proposals for the AoIR 2026 Preconference, “Lockdown and its (Digital) Afterlives: Media, Infrastructure, and Everyday Life in Regenerative Perspective,” that will take place on October 13, 2026 in Mexico City, Mexico. Proposals are due by July 31, 2026.

• Global Communication

100 Years of Television: Annenberg Answers

Annenberg experts share how television has evolved over the last century.

• Culture & Media
• Global Communication
• Technology & Society

Worldmaking in the Age of Streaming

Does representation in mainstream media deliver the social change it promises? Or have we mistaken visibility for progress, celebrating symbolic...

• Media Institutions

At the Inaugural Annabelle Sreberny Distinguished Lecture, Anikó Imre Explored the Intersection Between Fantasy, Storytelling, and Politics in Eastern Europe

The USC professor analyzed political worldbuilding in Eastern Europe.

• Culture & Media

Annenberg Conversations Podcast: Following Global Media Flows

The Annenberg School is pleased to launch season two of Annenberg Conversations, a podcast series where Dean Sarah Banet-Weiser, examines vital and pressing issues in the field of communication studies with leading Annenberg scholars

Annenberg at SCMS 2025

The Society for Cinema and Media Studies' annual conference offers a platform for film and media studies scholars to share research, foster networking and collaboration, and promote the field through recognition of achievements and milestones.

Annenberg Postdoctoral Fellows Share Research Across Disciplines

The School’s recent postdoctoral fellows colloquium highlighted research through dynamic discussions.