5/18
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Trust in Supreme Court plummeted amid rise of 6-3 conservative court, new poll finds
A new survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center finds that fewer than half of U.S. adults have a great deal or fair amount of trust in the Supreme Court.
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COVID vaccine myths drive low rates of uptake among U.S. kids
A new study from the Annenberg Public Policy Center finds that misinformation about vaccine safety is responsible for the dramatic discrepancy between child and adult vaccination rates, with a quote from Dan Romer.
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Penn researchers explore how COVID misinformation hampers child vax rates
A study by Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center and colleagues finds that even parents who have received COVID vaccines might hesitate to vaccinate their children.
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Some leading Democrats won’t debate their election-denying opponents
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that candidates who are ahead in the polls will find a reason to avoid debates and outlines the values and problems of adhering to the debate format.
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Misinformation drives low child COVID vaccination rates, Penn study finds
A new study from the Annenberg Public Policy Center finds that fears of COVID vaccines are influencing parents’ decisions not to vaccinate their children, featuring a quote from Dan Romer.
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Facts come to the rescue in the age of gaslighting
The Annenberg Public Policy Center is noted for its project FactCheck.org, which strives to hold participants on all sides of the partisan divide to a constant standard of fact.
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Up for debate? Midterm candidates dispute rules and dodge debates in a new campaign normal
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center explains why political candidates are questioning the effectiveness of debates.
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Americans’ civic expertise is apparently not that great
On an episode of “The Smerconish Podcast,” Kathleen Hall Jamieson discusses the Annenberg Public Policy Center’s new study on declining civics knowledge.
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Kathleen Hall Jamieson on civics education
In a video interview, Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center discusses the Center’s Constitution Day civics survey and the importance of civics education.
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Fewer than half of Americans can name all three branches of government, survey finds
The Annenberg Public Policy Center’s annual Constitution Day survey reveals a significant drop in the percentage of Americans who can name all three branches of government, featuring a quote from Kathleen Hall Jamieson.