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Political Communication

Political Communication

Politics depends heavily on communication among and between political elites, the media, and citizens. Scholars at Annenberg examine the role of interpersonal and mass-mediated communication on the attitudes, opinions, information-processing, and behavior of citizens, political elites, political institutions, and political systems.

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Faculty

Dolores Albarracín, Ph.D.

Alexandra Heyman Nash University Professor

Murali Balaji, Ph.D.

Lecturer, Annenberg Undergraduate Program

Eran Ben-Porath, Ph.D.

Lecturer, Annenberg Undergraduate Program

Dwayne Booth

Lecturer, Annenberg Undergraduate Program

Michael X. Delli Carpini, Ph.D.

Oscar H. Gandy Emeritus Professor of Communication & Democracy

Stephanie L. DeMora, Ph.D.

Arlin M. and Neysa Adams Postdoctoral Fellow, Annenberg Public Policy Center

Ezekiel Dixon-Román, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, School of Social Policy and Practice

David Eisenhower, J.D.

Director, Institute for Public Service

Emily Falk, Ph.D.

Professor of Communication, Psychology, and Marketing

Bita Fayaz-Farkhad, Ph.D.

Research Associate, Social Action Lab

Oscar H. Gandy, Jr., Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Communication

Sandra González-Bailón, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Communication

Elizabeth Harris, Ph.D.

William J. Heinrich Postdoctoral Fellow, Annenberg Public Policy Center

Daniel J. Hopkins, Ph.D.

Professor of Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences

Albert R. Hunt

Lecturer, Annenberg Undergraduate Program

Sarah J. Jackson, Ph.D.

Presidential Associate Professor

Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D.

Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication

Benjamin Todd Jealous

Visiting Scholar

Malav Kanuga, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Media, Inequality and Change Center

Ali Karimi, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication

Yphtach Lelkes, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Communication

Matthew Levendusky, Ph.D.

Penny and Robert A. Fox Director of the Fels Institute of Government, School of Arts & Sciences

Marjorie Margolies

Lecturer, Annenberg Undergraduate Program

Carolyn Marvin, Ph.D.

Frances Yates Professor Emeritus of Communication

Danaë Metaxa, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science, School of Engineering and Applied Science

Samantha Moore-Berg, Ph.D.

Emile Bruneau Postdoctoral Fellow

Diana C. Mutz, Ph.D.

Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Political Science and Communication

Prateekshit "Kanu" Pandey, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Communication Neuroscience Lab & Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication

Vincent Price, Ph.D.

Provost Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania

Scott Reich, J.D.

Lecturer, Annenberg Undergraduate Program

Philip Tetlock, Ph.D.

Leonore Annenberg University Professor of Psychology and Management, Wharton School of Business and School of Arts and Sciences

Ken Winneg, Ph.D.

Managing Director of Survey Research, Annenberg Public Policy Center

Guobin Yang, Ph.D.

Grace Lee Boggs Professor of Communication and Sociology

Tukufu Zuberi, Ph.D.

Lasry Family Professor of Race Relations, School of Arts and Sciences

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