Laura Petro, Vice President of Brand and Fan Experience at Gotham FC, will speak to our graduates as an alumni speaker on May 17:

The Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania mourns the passing of Monroe E. Price, J.D., retired Professor of Communication and a towering figure in the field of international communication:

Researchers at the Computational Social Science Lab, led by Professor Duncan Watts, are charting new territory in the social sciences:

Doctoral candidate Matthew Conaty has been named a Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) Emerging Scholar. The PTC Emerging Scholar Program recognizes exceptional, up-and-coming scholars in the field of information and communications technologies. Learn more: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...

Doctoral candidate @qijia-ye.bsky.social has been named a Penn AI Fellow! Ye studies health messaging, including how AI can be used to develop effective, reliable, and equitable methods for communication research. Learn more: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...

Here's a link to the video of @rodneybenson.bsky.social's excellent talk with us a couple weeks ago at the @miccenter.bsky.social @asc.upenn.edu. I can't stress enough how important and timely his research is, and I encourage everyone to engage with his new book! youtu.be/WdN3LCcw4Xc

Ph.D. candidate @dassarma.bsky.social won runner-up in the '25-26 Journalism History essay contest. Her essay, "The Sinews of Colonial Hypocrisy: Indigenous Unfreedom in Newspaper Advertisements in 1776," examines announcements of Indigenous freedom seekers’ departures and rewards for their capture

New @forbes.com article includes insights from Prof. Damon Centola's research on how information-exchange networks can reduce medical errors and decrease bias among clinicians: www.forbes.com/sites/spence...

In the annual George Gerbner Lecture, alum @michaelserazio.bsky.social explored the preoccupation advertisers, influencers, and politicians have with being perceived as authentic: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...

On March 23rd - Don't miss "Eternal Sentinel" a film following war correspondents wounded in Iraq and Syria. @asc.upenn.edu @bzelizer.bsky.social Register here: bit.ly/3MZnW8a

The authenticity of AI. Tracking narratives in politics. A more democratic media system. Read these stories and more on our website: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...

Have you heard of phonk? According to postdoc @lumarch.bsky.social, it's "music that you’ve probably never heard of, but you’ve almost certainly heard." The @nytimes.com recently spoke to March about the genre:

NPR's Code Switch spoke to Professor Jessa Lingel about her argument that the internet has become gentrified, and that we're all suffering the consequences:

Today at 4pm, swing by the Lippincott Library to taste premium, small-batch butter crafted by Comm major Emmy Keogh! Register here: libcal.library.upenn.edu/calendar/lip...

Congratulations to Neil Fasching, Annenberg's doctoral student, who successfully defended his dissertation today!   Fasching's dissertation is titled "Partisan Airwaves: Quantifying Misinformation and Toxicity in Political Podcasting."   Join us in congratulating Dr. Fasching!

Next month 🎬 Powerful film screening of Eternal Sentinel 🎬 following war correspondents wounded in Iraq and Syria. Plus - Q&A with filmmaker, Maryam Ashrafi. Open to all. Register here: bit.ly/3MZnW8a @asc.upenn.edu

Tired Parents Club spoke to Professor @dupatton.bsky.social about when you should give your child access to a cell phone and how teachers can utilize cell phones in their classrooms:

Dolores Albarracín, the Amy Gutmann Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor, has long studied how to curb disease and improve health.

Meet Anastasiya, Center Manager of the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication (CARGC). She oversees the center’s daily administrative and logistical operations, ensuring programs and events run smoothly, all while pursuing her master’s degree:

Today we honor the memory of Leonore Annenberg (1918–2009) on her 108th birthday. As a founding member of the governing board of the Annenberg School for Communication, she played a pivotal role in shaping our early vision and growth — a legacy that continues to inspire and guide us today.

“Craigslist is gritty,” says University of Pennsylvania professor Jessa Lingel, “and so is Philly.”

The polycrisis afflicting our media necessitates a political economic analysis that focuses on ownership, control, and market structure. @victorpickard.bsky.social's newest essay for @lpeproject.bsky.social examines cascading layers of "media capture" and necessary policy interventions.

Next Wednesday @rodneybenson.bsky.social joins us to discuss his new book How Media Ownership Matters. RSVP here: buff.ly/T4H1GhM

Baird Howland (Ph.D. ‘25) looks at prominent narratives in the news media and how they shape Americans’ worldviews:

Don't miss next Wednesday's event with Talie Cerin on global journalism & Haiti - from founding bilingual publication, Woy Magazine, to challenging US practices of parachuting in foreign corespondents @asc.upenn.edu @azsaneet.bsky.social

I have a new @lpeproject.bsky.social essay out that offers a framework for teasing apart three discrete and cascading layers of “media capture” that produce censorship, exclusion, and democratic failure in our information and communication systems. lpeproject.org/blog/the-ame...

Diana C. Mutz, Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Political Science and Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication and the School for Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Council:

For Valentine’s Day, we’re celebrating the Annenberg community. Today, meet Samantha, Lead Archivist of the Annenberg School for Communication Library Archives. She is Annenberg’s memory keeper and beloved by every researcher who visits our archives:

An article by @sdestradi.bsky.social with Tom W. Etienne, @profonderco.bsky.social and André Krouwel on populist publics' attitudes towards nucelar weapons sharing has been published. Sandra presented the article in the #IDEoPOP colloqium, we are happy to see it published. doi.org/10.1093/isq/...

Three lessons from @falklab.bsky.social research on how the psychology of belonging can help leaders ensure employees from historically marginalized groups feel valued (via @forbes.com): www.forbes.com/sites/juliek...

In a new paper, Professor @victorpickard.bsky.social argues for a more democratic media system:

Don't miss @brianstelter.bsky.social on campus tomorrow! Register for his lunchtime colloquium here: bit.ly/4jJSZRr @cnn.com @asc.upenn.edu @bzelizer.bsky.social

🚨TOMORROW🚨 @brianstelter.bsky.social joins @ascmediarisk.org to discuss the changing role of media analysis in an era of rapid news cycles, platform disruption, and declining public trust. Register below ⬇️

In a new paper, Associate Professor Jessa Lingel and Visiting Scholar Wanyan Wu examined 15 months of livestreams from AI livestreamer Neuro-sama and proposed a new framework of what makes AI feel authentic:

An exhibition organized by the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication explored decolonial movements of the 60s and 70s:

It's a story of magical thinking in assuming we could ever rely on benevolent billionaires to save journalism. It's also a story of oligarchs turning their backs on democracy and exploiting their media assets to advance class interests. Above all, it's a tragedy for news workers and for all of us.

The second edition of “Connections: A Year at Annenberg” is now live. Our annual magazine celebrates the people, research, and collaborations that bring Annenberg to life, and shares the scholarship we conduct with the vibrant communities we build on campus and beyond:

Worldmaking on streaming services. Cold War journalism. Attacks on public media. Read these stories and more on our website: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...

Matthew Levendusky has been named a joint Professor at the Annenberg School and the Department of Political Science. On the occasion of this momentous milestone, we asked him a few questions about his time at Annenberg and what his research, teaching, and mentorship look like now:

This past Monday marked the first public demonstration of a working mechanical television transmission system. A century later, Penn Today took the opportunity to visit the Annenberg Library Archives in order to help chronicle television's 100-year story:

As the first public demonstration of a working mechanical television transmission system reaches its 100th anniversary, Katerina Girginova, Research Director of the Annenberg Extended Reality Lab, reflects on the history and future of sports broadcasting:

📆NEXT WEEK📆 Join as we sit down with @davidakaye.bsky.social and @asc.upenn.edu Dean Sarah Banet-Weiser to discuss what the evolving media landscape means for the protection and promotion of freedom of expression. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/freedom-of...

Scientists have to care about journalism, they have to care about platforms and the political economy of media. This is a non-partisan issue — or a cross-partisan one. It's about democracy and our freedoms. see also @victorpickard.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/asc....

In two weeks! @cnn.com's @brianstelter.bsky.social joins us for a lunchtime colloquium. Register here! bit.ly/4jJSZRr @asc.upenn.edu

As the first public demonstration of a working mechanical television transmission system reaches its 100th anniversary, Professor Emeritus of Communication Joseph Turow reflects on the history of cable television:

100 years ago, on January 26, 1926, Scottish engineer John Logie Baird gave the first public demonstration of a working, mechanical television transmission system. A century later, we asked Annenberg experts about how the medium has evolved over the last century:

A study led by Prof. Aswin Punathambekar examines how Muslim creators are using shows on Disney+, Hulu, Netflix, and Peacock to move beyond tokenistic diversity by building entire cultural worlds that reimagine what it means to be Muslim in the West:

➡️ @victorpickard.bsky.social 👥 Victor Pickard, a key contributor to our Political Economy of the Media paper, will now join us as a full-time fellow where he'll continue to research policy tools to reconstruct the public media system. Full bio 👉 rooseveltinstitute.org/authors/vict...

CFAS at Penn’s Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice Award recipient and award-winning filmmaker Spike Lee spoke with professor Heather Andrea Williams, about the Civil Rights Movement, filmmaking, and more. - read this from Penn Today @asc.upenn.edu @appc.upenn.edu

Honored to celebrate our 2026 MLK Social Justice Awardee, Spike Lee. A phenomenal conversation that was funny, inspiring, and challenging. @asc.upenn.edu @appc.upenn.edu 📸 Photos by Eddy Marenco #mlk2026 #award #spikelee #photos #africanastudies