Media and Communication Effects

Looking at the influence of interpersonal and mass mediated communication on the attitudes and actions of individuals, groups, institutions, and systems in public and private life, Annenberg’s media and communication effects research aims to develop a deeper understanding of the process whereby individual and collective attitudes, opinions, information-processing, and behaviors develop.

Media and Communication Effects News

09/26/2019

Signaling the Trustworthiness of Science

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05/23/2019

New Annenberg Presidential Associate Professor Sarah J. Jackson Studies Narratives of Race and Gender in the Media

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05/10/2019

Do Most Americans Believe in Human-Caused Climate Change? It Depends on How You Ask.

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04/11/2019

CAMRA Hosts 7th Annual Screening Scholarship Media Festival

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Standing Faculty

Portrait of Damon Centola
Damon Centola, Ph.D.
Professor of Communication and Engineering
Portrait of Diana Mutz with two dogs
Diana C. Mutz, Ph.D.
Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Political Science and Communication
Portrait of Duncan Watts
Duncan Watts, Ph.D.
Stevens University Professor
Portrait of Emily B. Falk
Emily Falk, Ph.D.
Professor of Communication, Psychology, and Marketing
Portrait of John Jemmott
John B. Jemmott III, Ph.D.
Kenneth B. Clark Professor of Communication and Psychiatry
Joe Cappella at Annenberg School for Communication ASC UPenn
Joseph N. Cappella, Ph.D.
Gerald R. Miller Professor of Communication
Portrait of Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D.
Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication
Portrait of Michael X. Delli Carpini
Michael X. Delli Carpini, Ph.D.
Professor of Communication
Portrait of Robert C. Hornik
Robert C. Hornik, Ph.D.
Wilbur Schramm Professor of Communication and Health Policy
Portrait of Sandra González-Bailón
Sandra González-Bailón, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Communication
Portrait of Yphtach Lelkes
Yphtach Lelkes, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Communication

Secondary Faculty

Secondary faculty member Philip Tetlock at Annenberg School for Communication ASC UPenn
Philip Tetlock, Ph.D.
Leonore Annenberg University Professor

Research Staff

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Clovis Bergère, Ph.D.
Senior Research Manager, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication
Portrait of Dan Romer
Dan Romer, Ph.D.
Research Director, Annenberg Public Policy Center
Portrait of Emile Bruneau
Emile Bruneau, Ph.D.
Research Associate and Lecturer
Portrait of Jennifer Morgan
Jennifer Morgan, M.P.H., Ph.D.
Research Director, Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science
Portrait of Ken Winneg
Ken Winneg, Ph.D.
Managing Director of Survey Research, Annenberg Public Policy Center
Portrait of Laura Gibson
Laura Gibson, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor, Perelman School
Portrait of Matthew Brook O'Donnell
Matthew Brook O'Donnell, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Communication Neuroscience Lab
Portrait of Nicole Cooper
Nicole Cooper, Ph.D.
Research Director, Communication Neuroscience Lab
Patrick Jamieson at Annenberg School for Communication ASC UPenn
Patrick E. Jamieson, Ph.D.
Director, Annenberg Health & Risk Communication Institute
Researcher Yoona Kang at Annenberg School for Communication ASC UPenn
Yoona Kang, Ph.D.
Research Director, Communication Neuroscience Lab

Postdoctoral Researcher

Portrait of Boaz Hameiri
Boaz Hameiri, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Peace and Conflict Neuroscience Lab
Portrait of Giang Nguyen-Thu
Giang Nguyen-Thu, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication
Portrait of Nathan Silver
Nathan Silver, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science
Portrait of Stanislav Budnitsky
Stanislav Budnitsky, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication

Videos

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....

"US Media Regimes: Democracy and the New Information Environment" - Michael Delli Carpini at American University of Beirut

Uploaded on Thursday, May 2, 2019 - 10:04am
Michael X. Delli Carpini delivered this 2012 lecture entitled "US Media Regimes, Democracy and the New Information Environment" at the Prince...

Here’s How To Solve Political Polarization on Climate Change

Uploaded on Tuesday, April 30, 2019 - 11:20am
Social media networks, which often foster partisan antagonism, may also offer a solution to reducing political polarization, according to new...

Affective Polarization: Understanding Division in American Politics

Uploaded on Monday, March 25, 2019 - 2:54pm
Annenberg School for Communication Professor Yphtach Lelkes explains the history and growth of affective polarization - the degree to which Democrats...

The Aisles Have Eyes: Joseph Turow Talks About His New Book

Uploaded on Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 1:53pm
Many of us have a sense that our online shopping habits are obsessively-tracked, but few realize that a similarly hidden surveillance revolution is...

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Projects & Grants

18 Dec 2014 to 30 Nov 2017

R21: Behavioral effects of Teen Exposure to Multiple Risk Behaviors in Media

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30 Sep 2014 to 29 Sep 2017

Reducing UV Exposure to Prevent Skin Cancer: Message Development and Testing

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30 Sep 2014 to 29 Sep 2016

Public Health Communications: Culturally Relevant Messages and Strategies to Promote Awareness about Dementia

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Upcoming Events

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

21 Jan 2020 - 6:00pm

Elihu Katz Colloquium Series: Maria Abascal, Columbia University

31 Jan 2020 - 12:00pm

Center for Media at Risk Colloquium: Zeyno Ustun, Annenberg School

12 Feb 2020 - 12:00pm

Center for Media at Risk Colloquium: Eric Deggans, NPR

26 Feb 2020 - 12:00pm
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Centers

  • Annenberg Public Policy Center
  • Network Dynamics
  • Communication Neuroscience Lab
  • Peace and Conflict Neuroscience Lab
  • Center for Media at Risk
  • Democracy & Information Group