University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Communication in Media Industry Studies Location: Annenberg School for Communication Open Date: Jun 01, 2026 Deadline: Aug 31, 2026 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time The University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication is seeking to fill a tenure-track assistant professor position in Media Industry Studies to begin the fall semester of 2027. We are seeking a productive researcher, engaged scholar, and committed teacher/mentor who studies critical approaches to media industries and their intersections with media policy, political economy, advertising, and surveillance. The ideal candidate will be familiar with the historical and shifting structural and material conditions transforming the media industries, whether economic, technological, political, legal, regulatory, and socio-cultural factors. Of notable interest are critical scholars who consider how power operates within these industries and the larger socio-political...