The Media Mapper project will hold its half-day symposium
on April 17, 2026, at the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication (CARGC) at the Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania.
Friday, April 17, 2026 | 9:30am — 1:00pm
Annenberg School, Room 500 & Plaza Lobby
CARGC postdoctoral fellow Ennuri Jo will introduce the Media Mapper tool and its flagship project, Aqueous Earth Catalog, which maps bodies of water around the world that are significantly referenced in or featured in films and video texts. Jo will be joined by Liang Wu (Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University) and Weilin Zhu (Ph.D. Student, University of Virginia), who will each present how they use the Media Mapper to support their own research in global media studies.