5/18
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Historians Take Issue With Apple’s Civil War Games Ban
Carolyn Marvin of the Annenberg School for Communication comments on Apple removing Civil War games in its App Store that included images of the Confederate flag.
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‘Like Déjà Vu All Over Again’: The History of Baseball Metaphors in American Politics, From Abraham Lincoln to Harry Reid
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center is cited for using baseball metaphors when discussing political rhetoric.
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Audio: The Complicated History of the Confederate Flag
Carolyn Marvin of the Annenberg School for Communication talks about the evolution of the meaning of the Confederate flag in the wake of the murders at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston.
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The Connection Between Working Memory and Risky Sexual Behavior – Parents Should Pay Attention
Dan Romer of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says, “For adolescents who have weak ability to override strong impulses, improvements in working memory may provide a pathway to greater control over risky sexual behavior.”
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Time to Change Prez Debates
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center is cited for issuing a report entitled “Democratizing the Debates.”
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Data’s Black Box
Joseph Turow of the Annenberg School for Communication is highlighted for studying data privacy and marketing trade-off.
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Bipartisan Group Urges Overhaul of General Election Debates
A bipartisan group sponsored by the Annenberg Public Policy Center is featured for recommending changes to the general election presidential debates.
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Video: Are We Resigned to Giving Up Our Personal Data?
Joseph Turow of the Annenberg School for Communication talks about the loss of privacy in the digital age.
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Audio: Online Health Searches Aren’t Always Confidential
Doctoral candidate Timothy Libert of the Annenberg School for Communication is interviewed about what happens with health information that people search online.
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Sharing Data, but Not Happily
Research about data sharing led by Joseph Turow of the Annenberg School for Communication and Michael Hennessy of the Annenberg Public Policy Center is featured.