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Louisa Shepard
Senior News Officer
lshepard@upenn.edu
The program supports high-caliber scholarly research in the humanities and social sciences that addresses important and enduring issues confronting our society.
The researchers, from the Annenberg Public Policy Center and the Perelman School of Medicine, join a class of honored scholars recognized for their unique and ongoing contributions to original research.
A study of media use and public knowledge has found people who relied on conservative or social media were more likely to be misinformed about how to prevent COVID-19 and believe conspiracy theories about it.
When people are trying to communicate complicated ideas that hinge on morality, argues Megan Genovese, they turn to pop culture as a point of commonality in the absence of a Christian theological framework.
As ‘Zoombombing’ becomes widespread, Penn’s Office of Information Security provides tips on staying secure.
Barbie Zelizer, director of the Center for Media at Risk at the Annenberg School for Communication, says there are four types of dangers journalists are facing while reporting on COVID-19.
FactCheck.org disproves the idea that ibuprofen or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs can make COVID-19 cases more severe.
In response to the coronavirus, college instructors are shifting their in-person courses online. Zachary Herrmann and Penn GSE’s Center for Professional Learning have some experience making this work.
The Weingarten Learning Resource Center at Penn is ready to aid students with online learning transition.
Misleading portrayals of the safety of tobacco use are widespread on YouTube, where viewership of popular pro-tobacco videos has soared over the past half-dozen years, according to research by the Annenberg Public Policy Center.
Louisa Shepard
Senior News Officer
lshepard@upenn.edu
In an opinion essay, PIK Professor Desmond Upton Patton says that gun violence needs to be part of the conversation about how smartphones and social media impact young people.
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Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center discusses the impact Donald Trump’s conviction or imprisonment could have on his presidential campaign.
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Jessa Lingel of the Annenberg School for Communication says that online music fandoms have always been places where people make sense of stigmas.
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Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that Donald Trump’s trial is giving him is the opportunity to bookmark his appearances with on-camera access, underscored by Truth Social.
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Yphtach Lelkes of the Annenberg School for Communication says that political elites, not average voters, are driving the democratic backsliding that is occurring in America.
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Victor Pickard of the Annenberg School for Communication says that there’s a greater need for public broadcasting than ever before, especially as entire sectors of the commercial news media system are crumbling.
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