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Alumna Q&A: Eileen Le Han (Ph.D. '14) On Her New Book, Micro-blogging Memories

Han's book looks at the past and present of the Chinese microblogging site Weibo.

Technology & Society

Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication Report Cover

Research 30 Sep 2016

Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication Releases CARGC Report 1

The study explores the potential of interactive voice response systems to engage citizens in peacebuilding in Rwanda.

Nilita Vachani looks to her left as she rests her head on her right hand

Alumni 9 Aug 2016

Giving Voices to the Disenfranchised: Filmmaker, Novelist, Investigative Journalist, and Alumna Nilita Vachani (M.A.C. ’83)

Vachani’s work shares a common thread: giving a voice to the disenfranchised.

Cover of Weiyu Zhang's 'The Internet and New Social Formation in China: Fandom Publics in the Making'. The left third of the cover is red, with Chinese characters right-aligned at the top. In the middle, slightly to the left is a drawing made of dotted lines that appears to be a light bulb. The other two-thirds is split horizontally. The top has what appears to the top quarter of the Earth drawn with bright yellow lines. Its background is red. The bottom half is orange and has the title and author name.

Graduate Student News 2 Jun 2016

Annenberg Student and Alumna Collaborate To Crowdsource Book Translation

Weiyu Zhang (Ph.D '08) and doctoral student Kecheng Fang collaborated on the Chinese translation of The Internet and New Social Formation in China: Fandom Publics in the Making.

Marwan Kraidy in a suit and tie standing in front of the Annenberg School for Communication. The picture is from the chest up.

Research 23 May 2016

New Book by Marwan Kraidy: The Naked Blogger of Cairo

Kraidy's 10th book explores the creative insurgency behind the Arab Spring: its self-immolations, graffiti, puppetry, videos, slogans, and satire.

Cover of Guobin Yang's 'The Red Guard Generation and Political Activism in China' . The background is a star made of red and white star outlines. In the middle is a red rectangle bordered by a white line. In the center of the rectangle is the title in yellow. Below the title is a drawn black and ivory thumb of a hand that is holding the rectangle. Partially under the tip of the thumb is a yellow star.

Research 18 May 2016

New Book by Guobin Yang Explores the Red Guard Generation in China

Yang explores what happened to the "sent-down" generation and how their experiences shaped China for decades to come.

Faculty News 19 Apr 2016

Kraidy Receives Carnegie Fellowship to Study the Spectacle of the Islamic State

Kraidy will study how the Islamic State uses graphic violence in media to maximize fear and horror worldwide.