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Path to 2024 series highlights realities of American attitudes
Path to 2024 series highlights realities of American attitudes
Focusing on corporate political action, AI, immigration, and more, the Polarization Research Lab aims to dispel myths about partisan beliefs.
Five takeaways from the Biden-Trump debate
Five takeaways from the Biden-Trump debate
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, discusses the Annenberg Debate Reform Working Group along with some thoughts on last week’s presidential debate.
Abortion, not inflation, directly affected congressional voting in 2022
Abortion, not inflation, directly affected congressional voting in 2022
Contrary to the conventional wisdom that Americans are “pocketbook voters,” views on abortion and the Supreme Court are more likely to sway voters today.
Celebrating family firsts and resourcefulness in the Class of 2024
Celebrating family firsts and resourcefulness in the Class of 2024
Lynn Larabi, Crystal Marshall, and Jason Chu all entered Penn as first-generation college undergraduates and the children of immigrants and pursued different paths: political science, film, and finance and accounting.
A journey from pop culture to free speech to networked technology
A journey from pop culture to free speech to networked technology
Communication courses led Annenberg School for Communication’s Anika Gururaj to develop an interest in the intersection of communication and law, and the effects of technology on free speech.
What predicts human behavior and how to change it
What predicts human behavior and how to change it
In the largest quantitative synthesis to date, Dolores Albarracín and her team dig through years of research on the science behind behavior change to determine the best ways to promote changes in behavior.
A new class has students use AI to do their homework
A new class has students use AI to do their homework
Annenberg School for Communication lecturer Matt O’Donnell’s course “Talking with AI: Computational and Communication Approaches” encourages undergraduates to play with AI.
A Wharton TA helps to communicate business communications
A Wharton TA helps to communicate business communications
Chandler McCleskey discusses being a teaching assistant for the business communication course for Wharton undergraduates.
Teaching climate change communication, from the classroom to a conference of journalists
Teaching climate change communication, from the classroom to a conference of journalists
Michael Mann and Kathleen Hall Jamieson are co-teaching the Climate Change and Communication course this spring, tied to the Society of Environmental Journalists annual conference, held this year at Penn.
Collaborating to advance health communication
Collaborating to advance health communication
As a generation of pioneering scholars retired, several new hires are working together to continue Annenberg’s legacy as a leader in Health Communication.
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Christian Science Monitor
Reporting on the president’s acuity: It’s harder than it looks
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that the press didn’t bring enough media attention to the issue of Ronald Reagan’s mental health.
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The National Post
‘Milk is safe’: New study confirms pasteurization kills bird flu virus H5N1
Patrick E. Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that pasteurization reduces the risk of milk-borne illnesses and that consuming raw milk can make people sick.
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American Psychological Association
How to reverse the alarming trend of health misinformation
Deen Freelon of the Annenberg School for Communication and PIK Professor Dolores Albarracín say that, while there is an audience that’s quite hungry for misinformation of various types, correcting health misinformation won’t change health behavior.
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The Washington Post
There are better ways to protest climate change than spray painting Stonehenge
Shawn Patterson Jr. of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that nonviolent protests drove media coverage and eventually public opinion on civil rights, particularly when met with state pushback.
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France 24
Mic cuts, no audience: How the Biden-Trump debate will work
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that it’s too risky and disruptive for moderators to fact check presidential debates in real time.
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Reuters
U.S. presidential debate to highlight mental fitness
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that mental fitness will play a larger role in this year’s presidential debates.
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