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How the Annenberg School connected all the dots for Naima Small
The Class of 2025 communications major was drawn to studying social media and culture, how gender is portrayed online, and the role of technology in perpetuating bias. “I loved how Annenberg enabled me to not only see the diversity of ways I could use my degree, but also learn from people who had much different academic interests than me.”
‘Media and Propaganda in an Age of Disinformation’
In a new book, Annenberg School for Communication professor Barbie Zelizer and other communication scholars explore media and propaganda across borders, topics, and timelines.
News on climate change is more persuasive than expected
In a new paper, Computational Social Science Lab postdoctoral researcher Amir Tohidi and colleagues find that exposure to articles about climate change significantly increases climate change concerns among skeptics.
David Lydon-Staley is an assistant professor of communication and principal investigator in the Addiction, Health, & Adolescence (AHA!) Lab at the Annenberg School for Communication.
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From research to fiction: How David Lydon-Staley merges academia and creativity
The Annenberg School for Communication professor discusses his creative practice, the overlap between his creative and academic work, and how his teaching informs his writing outside of the classroom.
Science & Community Impacts Mapping Project (SCIMaP).
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Data-driven map shows local economic impact of cuts to federal funding for health research
A new interactive map co-developed by researchers at Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication shows that proposed NIH funding cuts lead to an estimated $16 billion in economic loss and 68,000 jobs lost nationwide.
Joseph Turow is the Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Media Systems & Industries at Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication.
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Joseph Turow: A career immersed in research of audiences
During the five decades of his academic career, Annenberg School for Communication professor Joseph Turow has tackled many topics related to advertiser-sponsored media industries.
Democrats and Republicans vastly underestimate the diversity of each other’s views
A new study from the Annenberg School for Communication finds that Democrats and Republicans consistently underestimate the diversity of views within each party on hot-button issues like immigration and abortion.
Explaining polarization between and within political parties
Annenberg associate professor Yphtach Lelkes, co-director of the Polarization Research Lab, discusses political polarization that occurs between parties and also within each party.
