Sarah Banet-Weiser

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 University of Southern California and at the University of Pennsylvania. 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 consumerism and brands. The book was reviewed in Slate. 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).