Annenberg Public Policy Center

Dolores Albarracín: ‘If you don't listen, you have no risk of changing’

PIK Professor Dolores Albarracín is spotlighted.

Misconceptions abound regarding high blood pressure, poll finds

According to a survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center, more than a third of Americans erroneously think that high blood pressure always has noticeable symptoms like dizziness or shortness of breath.

Many Americans unaware high blood pressure usually has no noticeable symptoms

In a recent Annenberg Public Policy Center health survey, over one-third of respondents report having been diagnosed with high blood pressure, but the survey also shows that few U.S. adults—including those who have been diagnosed with high blood pressure—can correctly identify what blood pressure reading doctors consider “high.”

When measles struck, a surge of parents stepped up to vaccinate their children

According to a poll from the Annenberg Public Policy Center, 83% of Americans say that the benefits of the MMR vaccine for children outweigh any potential or perceived risk.

‘Marie Antoinette,’ ‘private jet’: Michelle Wu, Josh Kraft trade barbs as Boston mayor’s race gets off to a fiery start

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that substantive engagement is a good starting place for an election, since candidates can’t differentiate themselves without attacking their opponents.

Americans say benefits of MMR vaccine for children outweigh risks by nearly 5-1

While many Americans know how measles can spread, most cannot accurately estimate the prevalence of complications associated with measles such as hospitalization or the risks it presents during pregnancy, according to the latest Annenberg Science and Public Health survey, which was conducted by Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center.

What behavioral strategies motivate environmental action?

A collaborative study from researchers affiliated with the Annenberg School for Communication, Annenberg Public Policy Center, and School of Arts & Sciences tested 17 strategies in an “intervention tournament.”

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The public has less trust in all three branches of the federal government

A new survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center finds that American adults support judicial and legislative checks on presidential power.

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Voters fear competence more than bungling from Trump

A poll by the Annenberg Public Policy Center found bipartisan support for the power of the courts to restrain presidential power.

Convergence and consensus

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that claims of convergent evidence honor science’s norms of critique and correction by inviting discussion of the extent of existing knowledge and the multiple ways in which it was developed.

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