5/18
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Vaping habits differ by race and sexual orientation among teens, study finds
A study by Andy Tan of the Annenberg School for Communication and colleagues finds that vaping habits vary among teens based on race, sexual orientation, and the intersection of those two identities.
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Livestreamed violence compounds America’s horror and inspires copycats, experts say. When will it stop?
PIK Professor Desmond Upton Patton says that the digital trail of evidence left by violent criminals needs study, resources, and intervention to avoid exacerbating community trauma and damaging mental health, especially for people of color.
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‘Hope’ is out, ‘fight’ is in: Does tweeting divide Congress, or simply echo its divisions?
Yphtach Lelkes of the Annenberg School for Communication says that polarized language between politicians tends to drive mass polarization by stoking self-fulfilling prophecies about a more divided world.
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The Taiwan question
On an episode of his show “The Whole Truth,” David Eisenhower of the Annenberg School for Communication discusses what American policy should be towards the political hot spot of Taiwan, frequently called “the most dangerous place in the world.”
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A cure for vaccine hesitancy could start in kindergarten
In a Q&A, PIK Professor Dolores Albarracín discusses a report in which she calls for K-12 education to depoliticize health issues, promote health equity and disease prevention, and provide information about navigating the health care system.
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Rick Reed, G.O.P. adman of ‘Swift Boat’ campaign, dies at 69
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that Rick Reed’s “Swift Boat” campaign attracted wide media attention and damaged John Kerry’s perception as a strong leader during the 2004 presidential election.
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Redistricting is voter suppression too
In an op-ed, Ben Jealous of the Annenberg School for Communication and the School of Arts & Sciences writes that redistricting is robbing Black candidates and voters of representation in state and federal legislatures.
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MPX? Mpox? The struggle to replace ‘monkeypox’ with a name that isn’t racist
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that the term “monkeypox” doesn’t convey useful information and predicts that the public will easily adapt to a new name.
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DeSantis fighter jet ad conjures 1988 Dukakis tank debacle
A referenced documentary features Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center and her thoughts on the failed Presidential campaign of Michael Dukakis.
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As global health threats evolved, the CDC didn’t
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that the CDC fostered a culture of arrogance, overestimating their ability to get things right.