Annenberg Public Policy Center

An infamous day. A search for answers. Will America tune in?

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center believes the hearings on the January 6 attack on the Capitol will be competing for public attention with topics with greater immediate relevance.

Whether violence in media and entertainment lead to real-life shootings

Dan Romer of the Annenberg Public Policy Center is interviewed on how the U.S. is steeped in gun culture and on the link between media violence and gun violence.

‘Fiery’ Psaki ending tenure as a top White House messenger

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says the departing press secretary has respected the media while answering questions in ways that provided real information.

A teenager sits on the ground on a cell phone beside a vehicle that had crashed into another vehicle.

Drivers licensed at 18 crash more than younger drivers with driver training

New drivers licensed before age 18 who are subject to mandatory driver education that includes behind-the-wheel training, in addition to Graduated Driver Licensing restrictions, are less likely to crash than drivers licensed at age 18 who are exempt from these requirements.

What Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter could mean for Donald Trump’s account

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center comments on possible election outcomes under the new ownership and management of Twitter.

When Biden ‘speaking from his heart’ doesn’t speak for US

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center is interviewed. She weighs in on political rhetoric and those instances when presidents speak for themselves rather than the country.

A group of older people at a restaurant clinking half-full wine glasses, with their masks pulled down around their chins to reveal a smile. Food is on the table.

New COVID-19 roadmap: Four takeaways

A report spearheaded by PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel, with input from other Penn experts, lays out a dozen priorities for the federal government to tackle in the next 12 months. The aim: to help guide the U.S. to the pandemic’s “next normal.”

Climate scientist Michael Mann to join Penn faculty

Mann is the first new faculty member to be recruited as part of the recently announced Energy and Sustainability Initiative as a Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science.

Gloved hand holding a vaccine vial and needle extended toward a parent holding their hands up to deny the shot.

Belief in vaccination misinformation predicts attitudes toward vaccinating children

The survey data come from the fifth wave of the Annenberg Science Knowledge survey, a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults empaneled by the Annenberg Public Policy Center in April 2021 to track attitudes and behavior in the pandemic.

Cover of the book "Creating conspiracy beliefs: How our thoughts are shaped" by Dolores Albarracín, Julia Albarracín, Man-pui Sally Chan, and Kathleen Hall Jamieson

A novel theory on how conspiracy theories take shape

In a new book, Dolores Albarracín, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, and colleagues show that two factors—the conservative media and societal fear and anxiety—have driven recent widespread conspiracies, from Pizzagate to those around COVID-19 vaccines.

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