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Graduate Student News 24 Mar 2023

Florence Zivaishe Madenga Named George Gerbner Postdoctoral Fellow

Madenga studies journalistic practice in the United States and Zimbabwe.

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News 8 Feb 2023

“Amplifying Their Stories”: Ukrainian Visiting Scholars Spend a Year at Annenberg

For the 2022-23 academic year, Annenberg’s Center for Media at Risk is hosting three Ukrainian scholars and mediamakers, hosting several public events to share their insights and knowledge.

Global Communication

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News 26 Jan 2023

How Media Practitioners and Scholars Navigate a Changing World Order

A symposium held by the Center for Media at Risk and the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication brought together media practitioners from around the globe.

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Undergraduate News 21 Nov 2022

Undergrads Explore National Identity and Nationalism in Washington, D.C.

For SNF Paideia designated course, COMM 4460: Media Industries and Nationalism, students took a class trip to the nation's capital.

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Faculty News 18 Nov 2022

With Media Today’s 8th Edition, Prof. Joseph Turow Charts Media’s Rapid Evolution

Published in September, the new edition of Turow’s classic textbook covers COVID, Spotify, and Netflix.

Graduate Student News 17 Nov 2022

From Crisis Communications to Dissecting a Decade of TV News

Wolken is a third-year student in Communication and Political Science.

Political Communication

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Graduate Student News 13 Oct 2022

Doctoral Candidate Antoine Haywood Awarded 2022 Sachs Program Grant

For his project, Haywood will collect stories from Philadelphia-area Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) media makers

Media Institutions

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Research 12 Sep 2022

Annenberg Faculty on Queen Elizabeth II's Passing

In Penn Today, Professor Aswin Punathambekar and postdoctoral fellow Katerina Girginova give their thoughts on Queen Elizabeth II's legacy and discuss her death as a historical event.