Who, What, Why: Tamia Harvey-Martin presents her film debut Tamia Harvey-Martin premieres “A Foolproof Guide to Relationships,” a short film about asexuality, at the LGBT Center on June 28. Who, What, Why Who, What, Why: Tamia Harvey-Martin presents her film debut Tamia Harvey-Martin premieres “A Foolproof Guide to Relationships,” a short film about asexuality, at the LGBT Center on June 28.
Ben Franklin: A voice from the past that speaks to our time Penn Interim President Wendell Pritchett (left) moderated the talk with documentarian Ken Burns. Ben Franklin: A voice from the past that speaks to our time At the 2022 Silfen Forum, Penn Interim President Wendell Pritchett chatted with filmmaker Ken Burns about his new two-part documentary on Benjamin Franklin.
Oscars 2022, predicted The 94th Academy Awards will be held inside the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 27. (Image: Lionel Hahn/Abaca/Sipa via AP Images) Oscars 2022, predicted Penn Cinema and Media Studies and Theatre Arts faculty make their predictions about this year’s Oscar winners—organized by category.
Public media can improve our ‘flawed’ democracy Image: Fringer Cat via Unsplash Public media can improve our ‘flawed’ democracy A new study finds that countries with well-funded public media have healthier democracies, and explains why investment in U.S. public media is an investment in the future of journalism and democracy alike.
Journalism is outdated: Barbie Zelizer discusses a new ‘manifesto’ Journalism is outdated: Barbie Zelizer discusses a new ‘manifesto’ In ‘The Journalism Manifesto’, Annenberg School of Communications’ Barbie Zelizer and her co-authors argue that journalism needs a major transformation in order to survive as an essential pillar of our democracy.
White House points finger at the press Penn In the News The Hill White House points finger at the press Victor Pickard of the Annenberg School for Communication weighed in on the relationship between the media and the Biden administration. “They don’t want to have the same relationship that the Trump administration had, and I don’t think they do,” said Pickard. Believability in the wake of #MeToo Image: Mélodie Descoubes via Unsplash Believability in the wake of #MeToo Sarah Banet-Weiser analyzes representations of sexual violence survivorship in recent TV shows to explore how and why believing women remains a contentious cultural battle. Hollywood’s love of guns increases the risk of shootings—both on and off the set Penn In the News The Conversation Hollywood’s love of guns increases the risk of shootings—both on and off the set Dan Romer of the Annenberg Public Policy Center and a colleague from Ohio State University co-authored an article about the prevalence of guns in movies. “The more guns there are in movies, the more likely it is that a shooting will occur—both in the ‘reel’ world and in the ‘real’ world,” they wrote. How AT&T helped build far-right One America News Penn In the News Reuters How AT&T helped build far-right One America News Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center spoke about the origins of Fox News and OAN. “If somebody recognizes there’s a market for something and there’s a lot of money attached to that market, you get a news outlet,” she said. The radio hosts taking COVID denial to its grimmest endpoint Penn In the News Slate.com The radio hosts taking COVID denial to its grimmest endpoint Brian Rosenwald of the School of Arts & Sciences was interviewed about how the right-wing media ecosystem has framed COVID-19 and the vaccines. “As much as many see conservative media as hosts who are puppeteers dragging their audience around, it’s kind of the other way around—hosts are afraid to lose the audience,” he said. Load More
Believability in the wake of #MeToo Image: Mélodie Descoubes via Unsplash Believability in the wake of #MeToo Sarah Banet-Weiser analyzes representations of sexual violence survivorship in recent TV shows to explore how and why believing women remains a contentious cultural battle.
Hollywood’s love of guns increases the risk of shootings—both on and off the set Penn In the News The Conversation Hollywood’s love of guns increases the risk of shootings—both on and off the set Dan Romer of the Annenberg Public Policy Center and a colleague from Ohio State University co-authored an article about the prevalence of guns in movies. “The more guns there are in movies, the more likely it is that a shooting will occur—both in the ‘reel’ world and in the ‘real’ world,” they wrote. How AT&T helped build far-right One America News Penn In the News Reuters How AT&T helped build far-right One America News Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center spoke about the origins of Fox News and OAN. “If somebody recognizes there’s a market for something and there’s a lot of money attached to that market, you get a news outlet,” she said. The radio hosts taking COVID denial to its grimmest endpoint Penn In the News Slate.com The radio hosts taking COVID denial to its grimmest endpoint Brian Rosenwald of the School of Arts & Sciences was interviewed about how the right-wing media ecosystem has framed COVID-19 and the vaccines. “As much as many see conservative media as hosts who are puppeteers dragging their audience around, it’s kind of the other way around—hosts are afraid to lose the audience,” he said. Load More
How AT&T helped build far-right One America News Penn In the News Reuters How AT&T helped build far-right One America News Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center spoke about the origins of Fox News and OAN. “If somebody recognizes there’s a market for something and there’s a lot of money attached to that market, you get a news outlet,” she said. The radio hosts taking COVID denial to its grimmest endpoint Penn In the News Slate.com The radio hosts taking COVID denial to its grimmest endpoint Brian Rosenwald of the School of Arts & Sciences was interviewed about how the right-wing media ecosystem has framed COVID-19 and the vaccines. “As much as many see conservative media as hosts who are puppeteers dragging their audience around, it’s kind of the other way around—hosts are afraid to lose the audience,” he said. Load More
The radio hosts taking COVID denial to its grimmest endpoint Penn In the News Slate.com The radio hosts taking COVID denial to its grimmest endpoint Brian Rosenwald of the School of Arts & Sciences was interviewed about how the right-wing media ecosystem has framed COVID-19 and the vaccines. “As much as many see conservative media as hosts who are puppeteers dragging their audience around, it’s kind of the other way around—hosts are afraid to lose the audience,” he said.