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Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication

Advancing Critical Knowledge on Global Media, Communication, and Public Life.

Our Mission

The Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication (CARGC) at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania is an institute that produces and promotes critical, interdisciplinary, and multimodal research on global media and communication. We aim to bridge academic scholarship and public life, bringing the very best scholarship to bear on enduring global questions and pressing contemporary issues. CARGC is dedicated to supporting early-career scholars worldwide and offers fellowships at the undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral, and faculty levels.

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International Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Fellowship

The Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication is now accepting applications for a 2024-2025 postdoctoral fellowship.

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Meet Our Director

Aswin Punathambekar is a Professor of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication, and Director of the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication (CARGC).

Our People

CARGC is a supportive and inclusive community of scholars from around the world, driven by intellectual generosity, curiosity, and exchange.

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Global Media & Communication Podcast

In the latest episode of Global Media & Communication Podcast, CARGC Senior Research Manager Jing Wang interviews University of New Hampshire Associate Professor Lin Zhang about her book, The Labor of Reinvention: Entrepreneurship in the New Chinese Digital Economy (Columbia UP, 2023).

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