Sarah Banet-Weiser
Sarah Banet-Weiser at USC Annenberg, 2015
Born	1966 (age 57–58)

Sarah Banet-Weiser (born 1966) is a distinguished professor of communication and author. She is currently a joint professor at the Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California^[1] and at the University of Pennsylvania.^[2] She previously was the head of the London School of Economics and Political Science's (LSE) Media and Communication Department between September 2018 and June 2021.^[2] In July 2014, Banet-Weiser became director of the USC Annenberg School for Communication.^[3]

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.^[1] Her work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Media, Culture & Society, Journal of Consumer Culture.^[4][5][6] In 2018, Banet-Weiser's book, Empowered: Popular Feminism and Popular Misogyny was released in the United Kingdom.^[7] and the United States.^[8]

Works

• Banet-Weiser, Sarah. Authentic™: The Politics of Ambivalence in a Brand Culture. New York: New York University Press (2012). ISBN 0814787142
• —. 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). ISBN 9781478001683
• with Higgins, Kathryn Clare (2023). Believability: Sexual Violence, Media, and the Politics of Doubt. Cambridge, UK and Hoboken, New Jersey: Polity Press. ISBN 978-1-5095-5381-5.