Culture & Media
Culture is the rituals, practices, and artifacts that shape the behaviors of individuals, groups, and societies. Communication is central to the construction, maintenance, and transmission of culture, as well as to cultural resistance and change. Annenberg researchers explore the complex relationship between communication and cultural practices and its implications.
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Rise in Gun Violence in Top U.S. Movies Parallels Growth in Gun Homicides Among Young People
A new study by Annenberg Public Policy Center has found that the portrayal of guns in popular entertainment in the past two decades closely paralleled the increase in firearm use in real-world homicide rates among American youth.
Faculty
Sarah Banet-Weiser, Ph.D.
Walter H. Annenberg Dean
Carolyn Biltoft, Ph.D.
Visiting Faculty Fellow, Center on Digital Culture and Society
Peter Decherney, Ph.D.
Professor of Cinema Studies and English, School of Arts and Sciences
Michael X. Delli Carpini, Ph.D.
Oscar H. Gandy Emeritus Professor of Communication & Democracy
Olivia González, Ph.D.
George Gerbner Postdoctoral Fellow
David Grazian, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology, School of Arts and Sciences
Nelanthi Hewa, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Collaborative Communication
Emily Hund, Ph.D.
Research Affiliate, Center on Digital Culture and Society
Zehra Husain, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication
Sarah J. Jackson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Benjamin Todd Jealous
Professor of Practice, University of Pennsylvania
DeMarcus A. Jenkins, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Social Policy and Practice
Ennuri Jo, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication
Jasmine E. Johnson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Africana Studies, School of Arts and Sciences
Sima Kokotović, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication
Aviv Landau, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Co-Director, SAFELab
Jessa Lingel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Communication
Juan Llamas-Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Communication
Sophie Maddocks, Ph.D.
Research & Outreach Director, Center for Media at Risk
Lucy March, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center on Digital Culture and Society
Carolyn Marvin, Ph.D.
Frances Yates Professor Emeritus of Communication
Siva Mathiyazhagan, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Co-Director, SAFELab
Danaë Metaxa, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science, School of Engineering and Applied Science
Cristina Monzer, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Matt Parker, Ph.D.
Gilbert Seldes Multimodal Postdoctoral Fellow
Desmond Upton Patton, M.S.W., Ph.D.
Penn Integrates Knowledge (PIK) University Professor
Litty Paxton, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies
Jeff Pooley, Ph.D.
Research Associate & Lecturer
Monroe Price, J.D.
Retired Associated Faculty
Aswin Punathambekar, Ph.D.
Professor of Communication
Julian Quiros, Ph.D.
Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow
Cerianne Robertson, Ph.D.
George Gerbner Postdoctoral Fellow
Dan Romer, Ph.D.
Research Director, Annenberg Public Policy Center
Donovan Schaefer, Ph.D.
Secondary Faculty, Annenberg School for Communication
Minjae Seo, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Annenberg Public Policy Center and Social Action Lab
Julia Ticona, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Communication
Joseph Turow, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Communication
Zhe Wang, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar, Center on Digital Culture and Society
Kim Woolf, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer, Academic Advisor, and Research Director, Undergraduate Studies
Guobin Yang, Ph.D.
Grace Lee Boggs Professor of Communication and Sociology
Barbie Zelizer, Ph.D.
Raymond Williams Professor of Communication
