Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania

All of us are influenced by the networks around us, from the ties that link us to friends and family to social media and their news feeds. Increasingly, what we see and who we hear from are determined by digital technologies. In this video, Annenberg School for Communication Associate Professor Sandra González-Bailón talks about her work on the networks that are quietly shaping our lives.

Congratulations to Professor Yphtach Lelkes who has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure! In honor of this milestone, we asked him to reflect on how his research has evolved since he's been at Annenberg and what he's up to now. Read the Q&A here: https://bit.ly/38tGplR

Dis- and mis-information is rampant online, and bots especially those operating on social media catch a lot of the blame. But bots may not be as much of a problem as they are often made out to be. A new study from Annenberg School Associate Professor Sandra González-Bailón found that verified media accounts are more central in the spread of information on Twitter than bots even though they amount to a much smaller fraction of all accounts active. Read more in our new story: https://bit.ly/3v9NUYL

Dean John L. Jackson, Jr. considers why it’s harder to change culture than nature. Read his new op-ed in the Los Angeles Times here: https://lat.ms/30p7Pow

This week, the University of Pennsylvania announced its 2021 Thouron Award winners, including Communication major alum Ben Friedman C'19. In a new Q&A, we asked Friedman what he's been up to since he graduated, what his long-term career goals are, and how his Communication major factors in. Read the Q&A here: https://bit.ly/3c8pSoo

On Friday, we were thrilled to host A Conversation with Stacey Abrams, which was moderated by Visiting Scholar Benjamin Todd Jealous and included introductions by President Gutmann, Penn Carey Law Dean Ted Ruger, and Annenberg Dean John L. Jackson, Jr. With 3,000 attendees, it was one of the largest events outside of graduation and reunions that Penn has ever had! A video of the event will be available on our YouTube channel until March 7, 2021: https://youtu.be/KBrRzPWDoYg