Sarah Banet-Weiser (born 1966) is a distinguished professor of communication and author. She is currently the Walter H. Annenberg Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania as well as a joint professor at the Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism at the

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and at the

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. She previously was the head of the

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's (LSE) Media and Communication Department between September 2018 and June 2021. In July 2014, Banet-Weiser became director of the USC Annenberg School for Communication.

Professional work

In 2012, Banet-Weiser's book, ''Authentic™: The Politics of Ambivalence in a Brand Culture'', was released. The book looks at

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and brands. The book was reviewed in ''

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''. Her work has been featured in ''

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'', '' Media, Culture & Society'', '' Journal of Consumer Culture''. In 2018, Banet-Weiser's book, ''Empowered: Popular Feminism and Popular Misogyny'' was released in the United Kingdom. and the United States.

Works

*Banet-Weiser, Sarah. ''Authentic™: The Politics of Ambivalence in a Brand Culture''. New York: New York University Press (2012). *—. Cynthia Chris and Anthony Freitas. ''Cable Visions''. New York: New York University Press Academic (2007). *—. ''Kids Rule!: Nickelodeon and Consumer Citizenship (Console-ing Passions)''. Durham: Duke University (2007). *—.''The Most Beautiful Girl in the World: Beauty Pageants and National Identity''. Berkeley: University of California Press (1999). *—. ''Empowered: Popular Feminism and Popular Misogyny''. Duke University Press Books (2018). *

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by Henry Jenkins, April 10, 2013

April 12, 2013 {{DEFAULTSORT:Banet-Weiser, Sarah Academics of the London School of Economics American women academics 21st-century American women writers University of Southern California faculty American women non-fiction writers 21st-century American non-fiction writers Beauty pageants researchers 1966 births Living people Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people)