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APPC Mourns Loss of Distinguished Professor Martin Fishbein

Martin Fishbein, the Harry C. Coles, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication and founding director of the Health Communication division of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, died in London of a heart attack, Friday, November 27. The founder of the theory of reasoned action, Fishbein worked at the Centers for

APPC Health Communication Scholars Published in Journal of Sex Research

Michael Hennessy, Ph.D., research analysis manager at the Annenberg Public Policy Center, was lead author of a paper, “Estimating the Longitudinal Association Between Adolescent Sexual Behavior and Exposure to Sexual Media Content,” published in the Journal of Sex Research. Co-authors were APPC’s Dr. Amy Bleakley, Professor Martin Fishbein (principal investigator of the study), and Dr.

Opening and Dedication of the Annenberg Public Policy Center

The Annenberg Public Policy Center’s new home on 36th Street adjacent to the Annenberg School for Communication was officially opened at a November 4 ceremony featuring Center Director Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Annenberg School Dean Michael X. Delli Carpini and University President Amy Gutmann. President Gutmann unveiled portraits of the Center’s founders, Ambassadors Walter and Leonore