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Cutting through the cluttered media landscape
Duncan Watts and the lab members of Media Bias Lab.

Duncan Watts (far left) and managing director Jeanne Ruane (second from left) with members of Penn’s Computational Social Science Lab.

(Image: Courtesy of Inspiring Impact)

Cutting through the cluttered media landscape

Penn’s Computational Social Science Lab’s Media Bias Detector team, under founder and director Duncan Watts, explores how people behave, how media works, how society functions, and how the human mind operates.

From Penn Inspiring Impact

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Annenberg Scholars awarded Information and Democracy Research Grants from the Penn Center for Media, Technology, and Democracy

Annenberg Scholars awarded Information and Democracy Research Grants from the Penn Center for Media, Technology, and Democracy

The 16 awardees will conduct research that unpacks how media ecosystems shape public understanding, examine AI’s expanding role as an information intermediary, and investigate communication strategies that enable persuasion and common ground.

Analyzing the news with AI
A person standing inside multicoloured data sheets and social media chat icons organised into circular pattern.

Image: Andriy Onufriyenko via Getty Images

Analyzing the news with AI

Annenberg School for Communication postdoctoral fellow Baird Howland looks at prominent narratives in the news media and how they shape Americans’ worldviews.

Hailey Reissman

2 min. read

Who, What, Why: Kara Butler on museum education
Kara Butler talks at podium.

Kara Butler spoke at an event for Makuu: The Black Cultural Center about her experience growing up in Philadelphia.

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  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Kara Butler on museum education

    Butler, a fourth-year anthropology and communication double-major from Philadelphia, is starting a master’s program at the Graduate School of Education in the fall, with the goal of becoming a museum educator.

    2 min. read

    Awards and accolades for six members of Penn faculty
    College Hall in spring with Fisher Fine Arts Library.

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    Awards and accolades for six members of Penn faculty

    A roundup of the latest awards for faculty members at the Wharton School, Penn Vet, Annenberg, Arts & Sciences, and Nursing.

    Penn Today Staff

    2 min. read

    Matthew Levendusky on civics, partisan politics, and teaching public opinion
    Matthew Levendusky.

    Matthew Levendusky is a professor at the Annenberg School for Communication and in the Department of Political Science in the School of Arts & Sciences.

    (Image: Courtesy of Annenberg School for Communication)

    Matthew Levendusky on civics, partisan politics, and teaching public opinion

    Matthew Levendusky has been named a joint professor at the Annenberg School for Communication and in the Department of Political Science in the School of Arts & Sciences.

    From Annenberg School for Communication

    2 min. read

    Awards and accolades for Penn faculty and graduate students
    Statue of Ben Franklin on a bench in the snow.

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    Awards and accolades for Penn faculty and graduate students

    A roundup of the latest awards for various faculty members and graduate students at Annenberg, Wharton, Penn Nursing, SP2, and Penn Engineering.

    Penn Today Staff

    2 min. read

    Transforming community health and social connections in rural areas of the US
    Two people unpacking boxes of Narcan in a rural community.

    In 2024, members of the Social Action Lab toured rural areas in Appalachia to hear from nonprofit groups and others who help people with opioid use disorder move toward recovery.

    (Image: Courtesy of the Social Action Lab)

    Transforming community health and social connections in rural areas of the US

    Dolores Albarracín, the Amy Gutmann Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor, has long studied how to curb disease and improve health.

    From Annenberg School for Communication

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