Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania

After Kim Kardashian posted photos with a Tesla bot on social media, some of her followers took that as a sign that she voted for Donald Trump. Prof. Jessa Lingel spoke to USA TODAY about attempts to suss out celebrities' political affiliations based on their social media posts:

Todd Wolfson and I were interviewed for this great CJR piece on the history and continuing promise of Indymedia as we come up to its 25-year anniversary. I got my start in media activism with the Seattle IMC and occasionally wrote for the UC-IMC during grad school (the subject of this piece) and the model continues to inspire my work on "Public Media Centers": https://lnkd.in/gQCprEVx

CARGC is accepting proposals for an ICA preconference exploring the legacy of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in disrupting mid-20th-century global power structures, particularly through its influence on media and communication. Proposals are due by December 15, 2024. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eiC-7YAY

Professor Victor Pickard spoke to The Wall Street Journal about the hosts of ‘Morning Joe’ meeting with President-elect Donald Trump - "No one goes to Mar-a-Lago to contest power or provide an oppositional stance despite whatever they’re telling us about it."

Recognizing how #media and #risk manifest for teens requires a deeper understanding of the impact of generative AI. Last month our Research & Outreach Director, Sophie Maddocks, spoke to The Atlantic about the risks of sexually explicit deep fakes in schools: https://bit.ly/3BPYw79

Looking forward to December 5-6! I’ll speak at the symposium “Academe in the Age of Social Media: Scholarly Inquiry at Risk?” at the Center for Media At Risk of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania ?? Moya Bailey, Arlene Stein, Cynthia Chris, Valentina Proust Iligaray, and I will discuss how #socialmedia create opportunities for agency, knowledge equity, and greater visibility of social causes, foster #activism within academia, and may transform academia’s relationship with free speech, knowledge circulation, and public-facing scholarship. I’m also excited to hear the keynote by Rebekah Tromble and Todd Wolfson?and meet the other speakers, including Sam Lavigne, Jayson Harsin, Nick Couldry, Brooke Erin Duffy, Rachel Kuo, and M. Remi Yergeau. Thanks so much for having me! ?? ?? More information: https://lnkd.in/gctQMVKU

One of the most fulfilling projects ever for me! Learn more about how our team engaged with Philadelphia parents, community ambassadors, and advisors to co-design innovative Augmented Reality posters and content to content to promote pediatric vaccination at community locations Kudos to Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania's Extended Reality Lab Co-Directors Katerina Girginova and Kyle Cassidy and doctoral student Kate Okker-Edging, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing's Terri Lipman and Melanie Kornides, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine's Virtual Reality & Artificial Intelligence Lab?Director Jeffrey Vadala PhD, and our amazing family ambassadors, parents, and youth advisors:)

??? Curious about the driving forces behind the 2024 election results? Annenberg Professor Diana Mutz joined Penn experts, including APPC's Matthew Levendusky, to break it down at a recent "Election Roundtable." Read takeaways from The Daily Pennsylvanian:

Social media offers visibility for scholars, but it also introduces myriad issues of representation, labor, access, censorship, and harassment. How has the rise of social media changed academic speech? And what should future academics consider when building a social media presence? We explore these questions and many more at our Annual Symposium at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania in three weeks on December 5th and 6th. Researcher? Professor? Future scholar? Media worker? Register now to secure your spot: bit.ly/3YGPXTP

"Not a girl’s girl” has become one of the internet's favorite insults, says writer Magdalene Taylor at Bustle. She spoke to Dean Sarah Banet-Weiser about the term, pop feminism, and criticism within feminist circles. Read more: https://lnkd.in/et9yyGJ3