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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Alum Yoel Roth (Ph.D. ‘16) to Study Trust and Technology as Knight Visiting Scholar
During the 2023-24 academic year, the former head of Trust and Safety at Twitter will return to Annenberg as a visiting scholar with the Center for Media at Risk.
Faculty
Sandra González-Bailón, Ph.D.
Carolyn Marvin Professor of Communication
David Elliot Berman, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Media, Inequality & Change Center
Man-pui Sally Chan, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Natalie Fenton, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar
Deen Freelon, Ph.D.
Allan Randall Freelon Sr. Professor of Communication
Olivia González, Ph.D.
George Gerbner Postdoctoral Fellow
Jingyi Gu, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center on Digital Culture and Society
Alison Hearn, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar, Center for Collaborative Communication
Sarah J. Jackson, Ph.D.
Presidential Associate Professor
Benjamin Todd Jealous
Professor of Practice, University of Pennsylvania
Aviv Landau, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Co-Director, SAFELab
Yphtach Lelkes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Communication
Yue Li, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Juan Llamas-Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Communication
Siva Mathiyazhagan, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Associate Director, SAFELab
Sandeep Mertia, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication and Center on Digital Culture and Society
Danaë Metaxa, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science, School of Engineering and Applied Science
Wazhmah Osman, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar, Center for Media at Risk and Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication
Desmond Upton Patton, M.S.W., Ph.D.
Brian and Randi Schwartz University Professor
Yoel Roth
Knight Visiting Scholar, Center for Media at Risk
Duncan J. Watts, Ph.D.
Stevens University Professor
Guobin Yang, Ph.D.
Grace Lee Boggs Professor of Communication and Sociology
Dannagal G. Young, Ph.D.
Visiting Sabbatical Scholar, Annenberg Public Policy Center
Eszter Zimanyi, Ph.D.
Senior Research Manager, Center for Advanced Research in Global CommunicationGraduate Students
David S. Cordero
Doctoral Candidate
Cienna Davis
Doctoral Student
Christiana Dillard
Doctoral Student
Vishwanath E.V.S.
Doctoral Student
Shengchun Huang
Doctoral Candidate
Isabelle Langrock, Ph.D.
Upcoming Graduate
Tyler Leigh
Joint Doctoral Candidate in Communication and Political Science
Kirsten O. Lydic
Doctoral Student
Sophie Maddocks
Doctoral Candidate
Brendan Mahoney
Doctoral Candidate
Ify Okpali
Doctoral Student
Fallon Parfaite
Doctoral Candidate
Devo Probol
Doctoral Student
Yingchuan Qu
Doctoral Student
Sara Reinis
Doctoral Student
Lucila Rozas
Doctoral Student
Shane Sheehy
Doctoral Candidate
Jeanna Sybert
Doctoral Candidate
Andrew Wirzburger
Doctoral Candidate
Tian Yang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong
