David Elliot Berman, Ph.D.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Media, Inequality & Change Center
David Elliot Berman is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Annenberg School for Communication. His dissertation research addresses the ways that social media platforms are reshaping journalism by analyzing the business models of digital native news publishers. His secondary areas of research and writing include net neutrality, online activism, and the political economy of new media.
He is the co-author of the book After Net Neutrality: A New Deal for the Digital Age (with Victor Pickard; Yale University Press, 2019).
Prior to coming to Annenberg, Berman served as Director of New Media (2012-2013) and later as Director of Campaigns (2013-2014) for a political communications firm based in New York City and Washington, D.C. Berman received his B.A. in Politics and Globalization from New York University.
Education
- B.A., New York University
- Ph.D., Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
Selected Publications
The Mission to Get Pennsylvanians Online
The Pennsylvania Broadband Research Institute, a collaboration between Penn and Penn State, looks for ways to bridge the digital divide in the state — and the rest of the nation.
David Berman on Video
What is net neutrality? Why does it matter to Americans? And what does it mean that net neutrality has been repealed? Check out this short explainer.