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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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Sandra González-Bailón

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How Social Networks Reshaped Society and Politics

In recent years, the media has been saturated with stories about the effects of social media on our social, political, and personal lives. Commentators have warned us about echo chambers deepening...

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24 Apr 2026

What Makes College Students Support Disciplinary Action for Objectionable Speech?

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20 Mar 2026

Insults Get Attention, Not Results, for Some U.S. Lawmakers

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Research

13 Mar 2026

A Signal Through the Noise: How the Media Bias Detector Is Cutting Through Our Cluttered Media Landscape

Diana Mutz

Faculty News

13 Feb 2026

Diana Mutz Elected National Academy of Sciences Councilor

Faculty

Dolores Albarracín, Ph.D.

Amy Gutmann Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor

Murali Balaji, Ph.D.

Lecturer, Annenberg Undergraduate Program

Michael X. Delli Carpini, Ph.D.

Oscar H. Gandy Emeritus Professor of Communication & Democracy

David Eisenhower, J.D.

Director, Institute for Public Service

Maya Enisman, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Annenberg Public Policy Center and Social Action Lab

Emily Falk, Ph.D.

Professor of Communication, Psychology, Marketing, and OID (Operations, Information, and Decisions)

Deen Freelon, Ph.D.

Presidential Professor

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

Professor Emeritus of Communication

Sandra González-Bailón, Ph.D.

Carolyn Marvin Professor of Communication and Sociology (Secondary Appointment)

R. Lance Holbert, Ph.D.

Director of Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics (LAIC), Annenberg Public Policy Center

Daniel J. Hopkins, Ph.D.

Professor of Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences

Aaron Hyzen, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Media, Inequality & Change Center

Sarah J. Jackson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D.

Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication

Benjamin Todd Jealous

Professor of Practice, University of Pennsylvania

Yphtach Lelkes, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Communication

Matthew Levendusky, Ph.D.

Professor of Communication and Political Science

Carolyn Marvin, Ph.D.

Frances Yates Professor Emeritus of Communication

Danaé Metaxa, Ph.D.

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

Cristina Monzer, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Diana C. Mutz, Ph.D.

Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Political Science and Communication

Vincent Price, Ph.D.

Provost Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania

Diego A. Reinero, Ph.D.

MindCORE Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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

Graduate Students

Chloe (Jae-Kyung) Ahn

Joint Doctoral Student in Communication and Political Science

Kinjal Dave

Doctoral Candidate

Timothy Dennys Steven Dorr

Doctoral Candidate

Tom W. Etienne

Doctoral Candidate

Vishwanath E.V.S.

Doctoral Student

Neil Fasching, Ph.D.

Upcoming Graduate

Emilie Grybos

Doctoral Candidate

Gayoung Jeon

Doctoral Student

Kirsten O. Lydic

Doctoral Student

Lizzie Martin

Joint Doctoral Candidate in Communication and Political Science

Adetobi Moses, Ph.D.

Upcoming Graduate

Ify Okpali

Doctoral Student

Devo Probol

Doctoral Candidate

Yingchuan Qu

Doctoral Candidate

Farrah Rahaman

Doctoral Student

Shane Sheehy

Doctoral Student

Natasha Williams

Joint Doctoral Student in Communication and Political Science