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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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Desmond Patton and the science of being human
Desmond Patton stands with arms crossed in front of a window, which mirrors his image

“Open-mindedness never stops, that growth in terms of becoming open never stops and cannot stop. That has become a critical value that I hold, that that this learning is never over,” Patton says.

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Desmond Patton and the science of being human

Penn Integrates Knowledge University professor Desmond Upton Patton discusses his research in social media and violence, finding an interdisciplinary career in social work, communication, data science, and psychiatry, and why his open-mindedness never stops.

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

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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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Nudge Cartography: Building a map to navigate behavioral research
Linnea Gandhi working on a white board

(On homepage) Gandhi also shares her lessons from industry with the students she teaches in her summer lab course. It equips the students with hands-on experience in applied behavioral science and experimentation, where small teams are paired with external organizations.

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Nudge Cartography: Building a map to navigate behavioral research

Ph.D. candidate Linnea Gandhi of the Wharton School and research assistant Anoushka Kiyawat discuss the development of their team’s innovative research tool.
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.

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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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