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

12/17/2019

Understanding How Information Flows Into and Out of Gitmo

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11/26/2019

Undergrads Explore How Rituals Shape Our World

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09/12/2019

Ticona and Collaborators Awarded $2.5 Million NSF Grant

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08/28/2019

New Center to Focus on Digital Culture and Society

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Standing Faculty

Portrait of Penn President Amy Gutmann
Amy Gutmann, Ph.D.
Penn President
Portrait of Barbie Zelizer
Barbie Zelizer, Ph.D.
Raymond Williams Professor of Communication
Portrait of Guobin Yang
Guobin Yang, Ph.D.
Grace Lee Boggs Professor of Communication and Sociology
Portrait of Jessa Lingel in a library
Jessa Lingel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Communication
Portrait of John L. Jackson, Jr.
John L. Jackson, Jr., Ph.D.
Walter H. Annenberg Dean
Portrait of Joseph Turow
Joseph Turow, Ph.D.
Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Communication
Portrait of Julia Ticona
Julia Ticona, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Communication
Portrait of Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D.
Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication
Portrait of Klaus Krippendorff
Klaus Krippendorff, Ph.D.
Gregory Bateson Emeritus Professor of Communication
Portrait of Marwan M. Kraidy
Marwan M. Kraidy, Ph.D.
Professor of Communication and the Anthony Shadid Chair in Global Media, Politics & Culture
Portrait of Sarah J. Jackson
Sarah J. Jackson, Ph.D.
Presidential Associate Professor

Secondary Faculty

Portrait of David Grazian
David Grazian, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology and Faculty Director of Urban Studies
Portrait of Jasmine Johnson
Jasmine E. Johnson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Africana Studies
Peter Decherney at Annenberg School for Communication ASC UPenn
Peter Decherney, Ph.D.
Professor of Cinema Studies and English

Emeritus Faculty

Portrait of Carolyn Marvin
Carolyn Marvin, Ph.D.
Frances Yates Emeritus Professor of Communication
Portrait of Elihu Katz
Elihu Katz, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of Communication
Portrait of Oscar Gandy
Oscar H. Gandy, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Communication

Research Staff

Portrait of Emile Bruneau
Emile Bruneau, Ph.D.
Research Associate and Lecturer
Portrait of Emily Hund
Emily Dean Hund, Ph.D.
Research Affiliate, Center on Digital Culture and Society
Portrait of Jessica Fishman
Jessica Fishman, Ph.D.
Faculty Research Associate
Portrait of Rosemary Clark-Parsons
Rosemary Clark-Parsons, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Center on Digital Culture and Society

Postdoctoral Researcher

Portrait of Giang Nguyen-Thu
Giang Nguyen-Thu, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication
Portrait of Jasmine Erdener
Jasmine Erdener, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center on Digital Culture and Society
Portrait of LaCharles Ward
LaCharles Ward, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Media at Risk
Portrait of Padma Chirumamilla
Padma Chirumamilla, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication

Videos

Democracy Without Journalism?: Confronting the Misinformation Society

Uploaded on Monday, March 23, 2020 - 11:31am
In his new book, Professor Victor Pickard, who is the co-director of the Media, Inequality & Change Center, unpacks the decline in public service...

Control Socities Speaker Series: Stephanie Dinkins, Stony Brook University

Uploaded on Thursday, February 27, 2020 - 4:17pm
On Monday, February 17, 2020, Stephanie Dinkins of Stony Brook University gave a Control Socities lecture at the Annenberg School entitled "Afro-Now-...

Faculty Profile: Professor Joseph Turow

Uploaded on Thursday, February 13, 2020 - 9:19am
Joseph Turow, Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School, talks about his current research and interests, his approach to...

An Internet for the People: The Politics and Promise of Craigslist

Uploaded on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 - 3:14pm
How can a site barely upgraded since 1996 remain the leading classified service on the planet? In a new book published by Princeton University Press...

Resisting Authoritarian Control Over Media: The Center for Media at Risk

Uploaded on Friday, December 20, 2019 - 4:21pm
Authoritarian governments are on the rise worldwide, and their dampening effect on media freedom is a direct threat to the free flow of information...

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Upcoming Events

VIRTUAL EVENT — Center for Media at Risk Colloquium: LaCharles Ward, Annenberg School

15 Apr 2020 - 12:00pm

Elihu Katz Colloquium: Aaron Trammell, University of California, Irvine

13 Nov 2020 - 12:00pm
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Centers

  • 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
  • Center on Digital Culture and Society