Reception for prospective PhD students interested studying at the  
Annenberg School for Communication of the University of Pennsylvania.

Are you thinking of pursuing a Communication PhD in the United States?

* The Annenberg School for Communication of the University of  
Pennsylvania is the top ranked school in the United States in the  
areas of Critical-Cultural Communication, Health Communication, Mass  
Communication, and Political Communication.

* The Annenberg School's faculty is composed of internationally  
regarded experts.

* The Annenberg School, University of Pennsylvania, funds all PhD  
students with a stipend, health insurance and tuition waiver.

Please join us for a reception on Friday, September 19, 2008 at 6pm  
at Ye Old Cheshire Cheese, 145 Fleet Street, London, EC4A 2BU

(Walk up the alley between the pub building and the "Oliver Bonas"  
store to find the entrance—Link to map at bottom of email.)

This reception is meant for students who may wish to consider  
applying for the PhD program at the Annenberg School, University of  
Pennsylvania.

The reception will provide an opportunity for high calibre  
international students who may be considering pursuing a  
Communication PhD to speak with faculty members and current graduate  
students about their research, and the PhD program as well as to  
learn more about the Annenberg School along with the institutions and  
centres affiliated with it, such as the Center for Global  
Communication Studies and the Annenberg Public Policy Center.

With a faculty composed of internationally regarded experts, the  
Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, is  
devoted to furthering our understanding of the role of communication  
in public life through research, education, and service at a national  
and international level.

Our students come from a wide variety of backgrounds and  
undergraduate majors, and they share a strong interest in  
communication topics, conducting research, and excelling at what they  
do. We are particularly interested in potential students who bring  
with them a global perspective informed through a combination of  
professional and academic experience and are keen to continue with a  
global focus to their research. Potential areas include but are not  
limited to:

* International comparative perspectives on media
* Civil society and process of democratisation
* International development and media
* Innovative uses of new media and technology
* International media, law and public policy
* Globalization and Identity

Ye Old Cheshire Cheese Link to map: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps? 
f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=EC4A 
+2BU&ie=UTF8&ll=51.514645,-0.107353&spn=0.006396,0.013497&z=16

Please RSVP to [log in to unmask] by September 18, 2008.

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