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Art Matters: Sam Maitin’s ‘Celebration’ mural
The artist known as Philadelphia’s “Mayor of the Arts” created the 17 colorful, playful pieces specifically for the Annenberg School for Communication.
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The majority of Americans do not support anti-democratic behavior, even when elected officials do
Despite rampant political polarization, the majority of Democrats and Republicans support democratic values and oppose political violence.
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One-on-one with Jordan Obi
The fourth-year forward discusses her love of basketball, building team chemistry, being a quiet leader, her most memorable game, and her most interesting class.
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Finding new ways to evaluate voters’ beliefs
In his dissertation research, joint communication and political science doctoral student Nicholas Dias searches for new ways to gauge voter competency.
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The YouTube algorithm isn’t radicalizing people
A new study from Annenberg School for Communication’s Computational Social Science Lab finds that the YouTube recommendation system is less influential on users’ political views than is commonly believed.
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The mission to get Pennsylvanians online
The Pennsylvania Broadband Research Institute, a collaboration between Penn and Penn State, looks for ways to bridge the digital divide in the state—and the rest of the nation.
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Targeted anti-smoking messages for LGBTQ+ young women
In an effort to understand how to reduce smoking among LGBQT+ young women, Professor Andy Tan and colleagues tested tailored anti-smoking campaigns.
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The commonalities of common sense
Researchers from Penn develop a framework for quantifying common sense, findings address a critical gap in how knowledge is understood.
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When young people seem to make threats on social media, do they mean it?
A new app from SAFELab helps teachers, police, and journalists interpret social media posts by BIPOC youth and understand which threats may be real.
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The 2023 Provost/Netter Center Faculty-Community Partnership Award
Andy Tan, an associate professor at the Annenberg School for Communication, and community partners Cross-Grade Sports and OurSpace were honored for their work in the West Philadelphia community.