Sarah Banet-Weiser


Sarah Banet-Weiser is a successful academic and author. She is a professor and current Head of the London School of Economics and Political Science's Media and Communication Department. She previously was a professor at the University of Southern California. In July 2014, Banet-Weiser became director of the USC Annenberg School for Communication. She left the position and became the new Head of the Media and Communication Department at the London School of Economics and Political Science in the fall of 2018.

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. Her work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Media, Culture & Society, Journal of Consumer Culture. In October 2018 Banet-Weiser's book, Empowered: Popular Feminism and Popular Misogyny was released in the United Kingdom.
Her book will be released in the United States on November 16, 2018.

Works