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New study explains when some conspiracy beliefs can lead to action

New study explains when some conspiracy beliefs can lead to action

A new study from Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center identifies three characteristics that help determine when conspiracy beliefs are most likely to shape real-world behavior: how certain people are that the belief is true, how personally important they consider it, and whether they see it as “actionable.”

Most Americans are unsure which vaccines the CDC recommends during pregnancy

Most Americans are unsure which vaccines the CDC recommends during pregnancy

According to a nationally representative survey of U.S. adults by Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center, most Americans are unaware or unsure of which vaccines the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends during pregnancy. For each of four vaccines the CDC recommends during pregnancy, at least 45% of respondents are not sure whether the CDC recommends it.

Dolores Albarracín appointed new director of Annenberg Public Policy Center
Dolores Albarracin.

Dolores Albarracín, a Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor with appointments in the Annenberg School for Communication and the School of Arts & Sciences, has been appointed director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center.

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Dolores Albarracín appointed new director of Annenberg Public Policy Center

Albarracín is a Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor with appointments in the Annenberg School for Communication and the School of Arts & Sciences. She is assuming the role from Kathleen Hall Jamieson, the inaugural director since 1993.

From the Annenberg Public Policy Center

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Awards and accolades for Penn faculty and Centers
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Awards and accolades for Penn faculty and Centers

A roundup of the latest awards and honors for faculty in the Annenberg Public Policy Center, the School of Arts & Sciences, Penn Nursing, and the Wharton School.

Penn Today Staff

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What makes messages persuasive?
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What makes messages persuasive?

Psychology researchers Dolores Albarracín and Yubo Zhou studied the relative persuasive impact of messages expressing attitudes, describing behaviors, or combining both.

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The government hasn’t done enough to regulate AI, most Americans say in a new Penn survey

The government hasn’t done enough to regulate AI, most Americans say in a new Penn survey

Shawn Patterson Jr. of the Annenberg Public Policy Center and Matthew Levendusky of the School of Arts & Sciences, the Annenberg School for Communication, and APPC are quoted in a story spotlighting an APPC study on public opinion about AI and its government regulation.