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Social Media

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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News

Global Communication Scholar Aswin Punathambekar to Join Annenberg

In addition to his own research on media globalization, Punathambekar will direct the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication.

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7 Jun 2022

Desmond Patton Appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor

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Research

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Call for Submissions

23 Nov 2021

COMPASS Summer Fellowship Program Now Accepting Applications for 2022

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Research

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Faculty

Chaz Antoine Barracks, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Media at Risk

Sandra González-Bailón, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Communication

Man Pui Sally Chan, Ph.D.

Research Associate

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

Benjamin Todd Jealous

Visiting Scholar

Dasol Kim, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Center on Digital Culture and Society

Yphtach Lelkes, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Communication

George Pearson, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science

Kharoll-Ann Souffrant

Visiting Scholar, Annenberg School

A.E. Stevenson

Predoctoral Fellow for Excellence through Diversity, University of Pennsylvania

Duncan J. Watts, Ph.D.

Stevens University Professor

Guobin Yang, Ph.D.

Grace Lee Boggs Professor of Communication and Sociology

Graduate Students

David Elliot Berman

Doctoral Candidate

David S. Cordero

Doctoral Student

Cienna Davis

Doctoral Student

Shengchun Huang

Doctoral Student

Isabelle Langrock

Doctoral Candidate

Tyler Leigh

Joint Doctoral Candidate in Communication and Political Science

Sophie Maddocks

Doctoral Student

Brendan Mahoney

Doctoral Candidate

Muira McCammon

Doctoral Candidate

Chloé Nurik, Ph.D.

Upcoming Graduate

Fallon Parfaite

Doctoral Student

Lucila Rozas

Doctoral Student

Shane Sheehy

Doctoral Student

Jeanna Sybert

Doctoral Candidate

Roopa Vasudevan

Doctoral Candidate

Diami Virgilio

Doctoral Student

Andrew Wirzburger

Doctoral Student

Chioma Woko

Doctoral Candidate

Alvin Zhou

Doctoral Candidate

Brittany Zulkiewicz

Doctoral Student