You can be a part of the Media Mapper project in two ways:

Working Group

We invite you to join our working group and create your own media map. Starting in 2026 we will meet virtually and workshop our projects. The sessions will include hands-on instructions on how to engineer the map for your dataset, and we will exchange feedback and ideas on each others’ deployment of the media mapper.

The feedback from the working group will be used for future builds of Media Mapper: you will have an opportunity to discuss its new functionalities.

The number of workshop participants will be limited to 9 people. Two people from the workshop will be invited to present their mapping projects to the members of the Annenberg School of Communication community in a half-day Spring symposium, to be held April 17, 2026.

CARGC Symposium, April 2026

On April 17, 2026, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication will host its Spring Semester Symposium, where scholars will present their use case of the media mapper. Participants of the Working Group will present their work to the public at the University of Pennsylvania.

Join us!

To join the working group and/or present your work at the Symposium*, please share your project with us according to the following guidelines:

  • Title of your research project and/or proposed title for your map

  • A brief abstract of your project, including description of your research and what you want to accomplish with a geo-visual representation of your work

  • your name, institutional affiliation / location**, and email address

  • any references for your project or your past work relevant to creating the map

  • Please select one of the following:

    • I will participate in the virtual workshops only

    • I would like my workshop project to be considered for the Symposium

Please email Ennuri Jo (ennurijo@asc.upenn.edu) by December 20, 2025.

*You are welcome to join the working group without committing to the Symposium, depending on your availability

**Depending on your location we may be able to provide a travel stipend for Symposium presenters, especially for the precariously employed / early career scholars