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Digital Culture

Social media. Memes. Email. YouTube. Dating apps. Influencers. Where are people spending their time online? How are they creating culture in online spaces? How does what happens online impact what happens IRL? Researchers at Annenberg aim to understand and analyze the culture(s) of the internet and the ways it is intertwined with our lives.

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The Influencer Industry: Q&A with Emily Hund (Ph.D. ‘19)

Center on Digital Culture and Society research affiliate Emily Hund started her career working for magazines in New York City. She worked a series of lower level jobs, which she hoped would be her...

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Research

7 Feb 2023

Americans Don’t Understand What Companies Can Do With Their Personal Data — and That’s a Problem

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Research

1 Feb 2023

Radicalization at a Glance: Penn Media Accountability Project Launches Interactive Data Dashboard

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Research

23 Jan 2023

Is Social Media Good or Bad for Social Unity?

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Call for Submissions

5 Jan 2023

CDCS Call for Applications for Post-doctoral Fellowships, 2023-2024

Faculty

Sandra González-Bailón, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Communication

Olivia González, Ph.D.

George Gerbner Postdoctoral Fellow

Woori Han, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication & Center on Digital Culture and Society

Emily Hund, Ph.D.

Research Affiliate, Center on Digital Culture and Society

Paulina d. C. Inara Rodis, Ph.D.

Provost Postdoctoral Fellow for Academic Diversity, Office for the Vice Provost for Research

Sarah J. Jackson, Ph.D.

Presidential Associate Professor

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

Siva Mathiyazhagan, Ph.D., M.S.W.

Associate Director, SAFELab

Danaë Metaxa, Ph.D.

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

Ayesha Omer, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication

Desmond Upton Patton, M.S.W., Ph.D.

Brian and Randi Schwartz University Professor

Aswin Punathambekar, Ph.D.

Professor of Communication

Ignatius G.D Suglo, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication

Hendrik Theine, Ph.D.

Visiting Scholar, Media, Inequality & Change Center (MIC)

Julia Ticona, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Communication

Arthur Z. Wang, Ph.D.

Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow

Graduate Students

David S. Cordero

Doctoral Candidate

Cienna Davis

Doctoral Student

Timothy Dennys Steven Dorr

Doctoral Student

Arlene Fernández

Doctoral Student

Emilie Grybos

Doctoral Student

Isabelle Langrock

Doctoral Candidate

Sophie Maddocks

Doctoral Candidate

Florence Zivaishe Madenga

Doctoral Candidate

Mariela Morales Suárez

Doctoral Candidate

Lucila Rozas

Doctoral Student

Shane Sheehy

Doctoral Candidate

Taylor L. Smith

Doctoral Student

Jeanna Sybert

Doctoral Candidate

Alex Tolkin

Joint Doctoral Candidate in Communication and Political Science

Azsaneé Truss

Doctoral Student

Diami Virgilio

Doctoral Student

Andrew Wirzburger

Doctoral Candidate