Annenberg Public Policy Center

Washington law protects trans kids seeking care without parent’s ok

The Annenberg Public Policy Center’s FactCheck.org debunked the notion that a proposed Washington state law would allow the government to take children away from parents who don’t agree to gender transition surgery.

CDC head resigns, blindsiding many health officials

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that the CDC’s handling of the monkeypox crisis has been a public health success.

Polls’ representative samples often merit skepticism

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center coordinated a recent effort by the National Academy of Sciences to recommend how to protect the integrity of survey research, taking particular aim at the phrase “representative sample.”

Civility is on the decline, ABA civics poll finds

A 2016 survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that only a quarter of people could name all three branches of government, though that figure rose to 56% by 2021.

A pregnant person receives a COVID vaccine.

Those of childbearing age more doubtful about safety of flu, COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy

With a vaccine on the horizon for RSV that is designed to protect pregnant people and their fetuses, new survey research finds that women of childbearing age are more doubtful than other adults about the safety of existing, recommended vaccines.

Finally, accountability for Tucker Carlson. But it’s only a start

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that the Dominion disclosures demonstrate that Fox News has successfully focused on satisfying the existing needs and desires of a niche audience.

Fox settlement is a victory for Dominion. But the misinformation war continues

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that the 2020 election conspiracy theory has too many strands sustaining it to be brought down by the destruction of one thread.

students taking a selfie at the Lincoln memorial

Archiving the creation of a memorial

In a class taught by Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Annenberg School for Communication doctoral students are documenting the process of creating the Fallen Journalists Memorial in Washington, D.C., interrogating everything from physical site to word choice.

Many young women wouldn’t get flu, COVID shots in pregnancy, poll suggests

A report co-authored by Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center finds that higher percentages of women aged 18 to 49 doubt the safety and effectiveness of COVID and flu vaccines during pregnancy.

Conspiracy theories can be undermined with these strategies, new analysis shows

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that counteracting conspiracy beliefs is important because belief in conspiracies can encourage people to act in harmful ways.

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