Social Media
Social media has come to occupy a central role in our lives, becoming the primary vehicle for keeping in touch with friends, organizing groups, and getting news. Annenberg scholars evaluate its impact and effects on us and our society, from slacktivism to online harassment to influencers and more.
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Students in Sarah Banet-Weiser’s Annenberg course on Gender and the Media make zines responding to messaging and consumer products.
Faculty
Sandra González-Bailón, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Communication
David Elliot Berman, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Media, Inequality & Change Center
Chelsea Butkowski, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center on Digital Culture and Society
Man Pui Sally Chan, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Frances Corry, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center on Digital Culture and Society
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
Elizabeth Harris, Ph.D.
William J. Heinrich Postdoctoral Fellow, Annenberg Public Policy Center
Kathryn Claire Higgins, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Annenberg Center for Collaborative Communication
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
Benjamin Todd Jealous
Visiting Scholar
Aviv Landau, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Co-Director, SAFELab
Yphtach Lelkes, 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
Desmond Upton Patton, M.S.W., Ph.D.
Brian and Randi Schwartz University Professor
George Pearson, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science
Duncan J. Watts, Ph.D.
Stevens University Professor
Sophie Whitehead
Visiting Ph.D. Scholar, Annenberg Center for Collaborative Communication
Guobin Yang, Ph.D.
Grace Lee Boggs Professor of Communication and Sociology
Eszter Zimanyi, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Advanced Research in Global CommunicationGraduate Students
David S. Cordero
Doctoral Student
Cienna Davis
Doctoral Student
Christiana Dillard
Doctoral Student
Shengchun Huang
Doctoral Student
Isabelle Langrock
Doctoral Candidate
Tyler Leigh
Joint Doctoral Candidate in Communication and Political Science
Sophie Maddocks
Doctoral Candidate
Brendan Mahoney
Doctoral Candidate
Muira McCammon
Doctoral Candidate
Chloé Nurik, Ph.D.
Upcoming Graduate
Fallon Parfaite
Doctoral Student
Devo Probol
Doctoral Student
Lucila Rozas
Doctoral Student
Shane Sheehy
Doctoral Candidate
Jeanna Sybert
Doctoral Candidate
Roopa Vasudevan
Doctoral Candidate
Diami Virgilio
Doctoral Student
Andrew Wirzburger
Doctoral Candidate
Tian Yang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong
