Culture and Communication

“Culture” can be defined as the rituals, practices, and symbolic and physical artifacts that shape the behaviors of individuals, groups, institutions, and societies. Communication is central to the construction, maintenance and transmission of culture, as well as to cultural resistance and change. And it is the result of cultural practice. Annenberg’s cultural studies explore the complex relationship between communication and cultural practices and its implications for private, civil, and civic life.

Culture and Communication News

05/14/2018

Parents Say Gun Violence in PG-13 Movies Appropriate for Teens 15 and Up

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05/03/2018

Doug Glanville’s Communication, Sports, and Social Justice Class Takes Field Trip to Phillies’ Stadium

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05/02/2018

Sixteen Undergraduates Present Senior Honors Theses

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04/30/2018

New Report Finds Partisan Politics Drives Americans' Attitudes On Surveillance

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Standing Faculty

Amy Gutmann, Ph.D.
Penn President
Picture of Professor Barbie Zelizer at Annenberg School for Communication ASC UPenn Scholars Program in Culture and Communication
Barbie Zelizer, Ph.D.
Raymond Williams Professor of Communication
Guobin Yang, Ph.D.
Grace Lee Boggs Professor of Communication and Sociology
Jessa Lingel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Communication
John L. Jackson, Jr., Ph.D.
Dean, School of Social Policy & Practice
Joseph Turow, Ph.D.
Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Communication
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D.
Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication
Klaus Krippendorff, Ph.D.
Gregory Bateson Emeritus Professor of Communication
Marwan M. Kraidy, Ph.D.
Professor of Communication and the Anthony Shadid Chair in Global Media, Politics & Culture
Sharrona Pearl, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Communication

Secondary Faculty

David Grazian, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology and Graduate Chair
Peter Decherney at Annenberg School for Communication ASC UPenn
Peter Decherney, Ph.D.
Professor of Cinema Studies and English

Emeritus Faculty

Carolyn Marvin, Ph.D.
Frances Yates Emeritus Professor of Communication
Elihu Katz, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of Communication
Oscar Gandy, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Communication
Paul Messaris, Ph.D.
Lev Kuleshov Emeritus Professor of Communication

Research Staff

Emile Bruneau, Ph.D.
Research Associate and Lecturer
Jessica Fishman, Ph.D.
Faculty Research Associate

Postdoctoral Researcher

Dayna Chatman, Ph.D.
George Gerbner Postdoctoral Fellow, Annenberg School for Communication
Rayya El Zein, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication
Samira Rajabi, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication

Videos

Introduction to the Center for Media at Risk

Uploaded on Wednesday, September 13, 2017 - 10:54am
The Center for Media at Risk, which will be launching in Spring 2018, is devoted to fostering free and critical media practice and scholarship....

Al Jazeera: Putting Journalism Ideals Back in the Service of Practice

Uploaded on Tuesday, July 25, 2017 - 8:26am
A keynote plenary given by Barbie Zelizer, Raymond Williams Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication. Delivered via video...

Content Rules?! Newsfeeds, Algorithms, Content Moderation, and Ethics - Internet Society

Uploaded on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 - 8:49am
Hosted by the Internet Society's NYC and DC chapters, Assistant Professor Jessa Lingel participates in a panel on regulating political and news...

Book talk at University of Michigan

Uploaded on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 - 8:46am
Assistant Professor Jessa Lingel gives a talk on her new book, Digital Countercultures, at the MISC group at the University of Michigan.

Lecture by Caty Borum Chattoo (MAC '98)

Uploaded on Monday, March 13, 2017 - 10:47am
The Annenberg School welcomed back Caty Borum Chattoo (MAC '98) for her lecture, "The Role of Documentary & Entertainment Storytelling for Social...

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Upcoming Events

2018 ASA Preconference: Computational Sociology

10 Aug 2018 - 8:30am

Jessa Lingel, Annenberg...

28 Sep 2018 - 12:00pm
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Centers

  • Scholars Program in Culture and Communication
  • Media Activism Research Collective
  • CAMRA at Penn
  • Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication
  • Peace and Conflict Neuroscience Lab
  • Center for Media at Risk
  • Media, Inequality, and Change Center