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Brain signals can predict how often a news article is shared online
Rendering of a brain with signals insinuating AI and data.

Image: iStock/Vitalii Gulenok

Brain signals can predict how often a news article is shared online

A new study from the Communication Neuroscience Lab finds that, even across cultures, neural models can reliably predict whether an article is popular on Facebook.

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Helping Philadelphia high school students communicate health research
Brittany Zulkiewicz teaches at a blackboard in a high school classroom.

Brittany Zulkiewicz discusses group dynamics and the process of working together.

(Image: Thandi Lyew)

Helping Philadelphia high school students communicate health research

Annenberg School doctoral students Thandi Lyew and Brittany Zulkiewicz worked with local teens through a Penn Graduate Community-Engaged Research Fellowship.

From Annenberg School for Communication

How social media platforms lean left or right, and its users follow
Illustration of CEO standing with people with social media icons for heads rushing toward them.

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How social media platforms lean left or right, and its users follow

Brendan Mahoney, a doctoral candidate at the Annenberg School for Communication, examines the ways we communicate online and the corporations that host those conversations.

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To reduce medical errors, connect doctors with other doctors
Four doctors at a table, one gestures to an open laptop.

Image: Adobe stock/Kirsten Davis

To reduce medical errors, connect doctors with other doctors

A new study from Annenberg’s Damon Centola uncovers how information-sharing networks can improve medical care.

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First findings from U.S. 2020 Facebook and Instagram election study
Hands holding a smartphone open to Facebook in front of a laptop open to Facebook.

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First findings from U.S. 2020 Facebook and Instagram election study

Research by Annenberg School for Communication professor Sandra González-Bailón and colleagues reveals the influence of Facebook’s algorithms on political news exposure.

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At the National Liberty Museum, people’s browsing history is on display through art
Stylized, distorted portraits.

Risograph prints made by Vasudevan for an exhibition at Vox Populi in Philadelphia.

(Image: Roopa Vasudevan)

At the National Liberty Museum, people’s browsing history is on display through art

Annenberg’s Roopa Vasudevan created a browser extension that transforms a person’s portrait based on the websites they visited.

From Annenberg School for Communication

What is deepfake porn and why is it thriving in the age of AI?
Hands typing on a laptop in the dark.

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What is deepfake porn and why is it thriving in the age of AI?

Doctoral candidate in the Annenberg School for Communication Sophie Maddocks addresses the growing problem of image-based sexual abuse.

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Ukraine from revolution to war—in photos
A person walking through the rubble of a collapsed building in Ukraine.

The remains of a residential building in Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv, in June 2022.

(Image: Joseph Sywenkyj)

Ukraine from revolution to war—in photos

A new exhibit on display at the Annenberg School shows conflict and resilience in Ukraine, as documented by Ukrainian and American photojournalists.

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