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

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...

Student Profile: Jennifer R. Henrichsen

Uploaded on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - 2:18pm
Born out of an interest in how journalists are protected worldwide, Doctoral Candidate Jennifer R. Henrichsen is now exploring the way that...

Prof. Jessa Lingel on the Poetics of Socio Technical Space

Uploaded on Saturday, August 31, 2019 - 8:58am
In this video from CHI 2016, Professor Jessa Lingel gives a lecture entitled "The Poetics of Socio-Technical Space: Evaluating the Internet of Things...

Student Profile: María Celeste Wagner

Uploaded on Wednesday, August 28, 2019 - 2:03pm
Doctoral Student María Celeste Wagner talks about her path from Buenos Aires, Argentina to the Annenberg School for Communication in Philadelphia....

Professor Jessa Lingel on Dazzle Camouflage

Uploaded on Monday, June 3, 2019 - 4:54pm
Annenberg School for Communication Assistant Professor Jessa Lingel extends the concept of “dazzle camouflage” – the practice of painting World War I...

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Upcoming Events

Center for Media at Risk Lecture: Silvio Waisbord, George Washington University

21 Jan 2020 - 6:00pm

Control Societies Speaker...

27 Jan 2020 - 4:00pm

Elihu Katz Colloquium Series: Maria Abascal, Columbia University

31 Jan 2020 - 12:00pm

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17 Feb 2020 - 4:00pm

“La revolución nos mal-cogio...

21 Feb 2020 - 6:00pm

Center for Media at Risk Colloquium: Eric Deggans, NPR

26 Feb 2020 - 12:00pm
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Centers

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  • 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