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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
Penn In the News
Announcement of the appointment of Dean John L. Jackson, Jr. of the Annenberg School for Communication as provost at Penn.
Penn In the News
The 2022 Constitution Day Survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that fewer than half of Americans could name all three branches of government.
Penn In the News
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that boiled-down but well-intended statements like “vaccines are safe” had consequences and needed to be more nuanced.
Penn In the News
PIK Professor Desmond Upton Patton calls the Kia Boyz Challenge on TikTok a “perfect storm” for young people in cities where vehicle theft is common, since they know it could be a shortcut to notoriety.
Penn In the News
Dan Romer of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that belief in vaccine misinformation has declined but that its continued propagation in a public venue like city council is unfortunate.
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Postdoctoral fellow Frances Corry of the Annenberg School for Communication says that TikTok isn’t going anywhere and that the U.S. needs to include Silicon Valley’s major social media platforms in a conversation about data collection and consumer protection.
Penn In the News
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that President Biden hasn’t been as adept at credit-taking as Donald Trump.
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A new study from the Annenberg School for Communication finds that most Americans don’t understand the basics of online data and what companies are doing with it.
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Matthew Levendusky of the School of Arts & Sciences and the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that heightening a sense of American national identity can reduce polarization and partisanship between opposing political parties.
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A survey by Joseph Turow of the Annenberg School for Communication and colleagues finds that most Americans don’t understand how online devices and services track users.