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Five takeaways from the Biden-Trump debate
The back of a man wearing a white cowboy hat near an American flag can be seen in front of a television showing the first 2024 presidential debate between Biden and Trump.

Roger Strassburg watches the presidential debate between President Joe Biden and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at a debate watch party Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Scottsdale, Arizona.

(Image: AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Five takeaways from the Biden-Trump debate

Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, discusses the Annenberg Debate Reform Working Group along with some thoughts on last week’s presidential debate.

Kristen de Groot

States differ widely in requirements for young driver training
A teen driver with a driving instructor.

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States differ widely in requirements for young driver training

A new paper from Annenberg Public Policy Center shows how states differ in licensing requirements for teens, and how the crash rate correlates to training; the authors advise for families of teens to go beyond the minimum state requirements to keep teen drivers safer.

From the Annenberg Public Policy Center

Public health beliefs predict support for climate action, study shows
Phys.org

Public health beliefs predict support for climate action, study shows

Shawn Patterson Jr. and Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center comment on their research on how holding science-consistent beliefs about the public health effects of climate change is an important predictor of support for policies that address climate threats.

Mic cuts, no audience: How the Biden-Trump debate will work
France 24

Mic cuts, no audience: How the Biden-Trump debate will work

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that it’s too risky and disruptive for moderators to fact check presidential debates in real time.

U.S. presidential debate to highlight mental fitness
Reuters

U.S. presidential debate to highlight mental fitness

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that mental fitness will play a larger role in this year’s presidential debates.

Association found between media diet and science-consistent beliefs about climate change
A person watching a news channel showing a weather map.

Image: Michael Holahan/The Augusta Chronicle via AP

Association found between media diet and science-consistent beliefs about climate change

A new paper from experts at the Annenberg Public Policy Center examines the associations between media exposure and science-consistent beliefs about climate change and the threat it posed to the respondent.

From the Annenberg Public Policy Center

A quarter of all Americans still believe the biggest vaccine lie
ScienceAlert

A quarter of all Americans still believe the biggest vaccine lie

A survey by Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center and colleagues finds that a quarter of U.S. adults believe in or are unsure about a false link between autism and the MMR vaccine, which treats measles.