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Professional Development Day 2019: Annenberg Alumni Return to Share Career Advice

Presenters representing a wide range of careers returned for the annual event.

Call for Submissions: Social Media, Algorithms, News, and Public Engagements in the Asia-Pacific and Beyond

Submissions should examine social media and algorithms in connection to the changing practices in news production and circulation.

• Global Communication
• Technology & Society

Brevity is the Soul of Twitter: 280-Character Limit Makes Twitter More Civil

Professor Yphtach Lelkes analyzed tweets from before and after Twitter implemented the increased character limit.

• Political Communication
• Technology & Society

Americans’ Civics Knowledge Increases But Still Has a Long Way to Go

This year more Americans can name the three branches of government.

• Political Communication

Ticona and Collaborators Awarded $2.5 Million NSF Grant

They will explore worker wages, pricing transparency, and the meaning of access to digital work for marginalized communities.

• Technology & Society

Annenberg in Washington Program Supports Internships for Communication Majors

Students interned at PBS, US Agency for Global Media, Pew Research Center, and more.

Cell-Mostly Internet Users Place Privacy Burden on Themselves

Participants lacked understanding of how near-constant mobile internet use potentially compounds other inequalities in their lives.

• Technology & Society

Improving Journalists’ Access to Public Information Records

Researchers consider how local and state level bureaucracies have impacted the functioning of contemporary Philadelphia newsrooms.

• Media Institutions

Kim Studies Health Misinformation on Social Media

Kim’s research is supported by a $10,000 grant from the Waterhouse Family Institute at Villanova University.

• Health Communication
• Technology & Society

The Annenberg School Welcomes 18 New Visiting Scholars and Postdoctoral Fellows

From media anthropology to the philosophy of technology, these scholars' work spans the field of Communication.