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Mark Zuckerberg speech draws ire as he attempts to burnish Facebook’s image

Mark Zuckerberg speech draws ire as he attempts to burnish Facebook’s image

Michael Delli Carpini of the Annenberg School for Communication said large companies like Facebook have a responsibility to screen ads for misleading content. “One person’s inaccuracy is another person’s speculation hat. What is and is not true is not easily determined a lot of times,” he said.

Office Hours: Julia Ticona talks sociology and superpowers

In the latest episode of 'Office Hours,' a Penn Today podcast, Assistant Professor of Communication Julia Ticona explains her research about the gig economy and chitchats about cooking, campus, and superpowers.
Julia Ticona smiles with her hands in her pockets
Julia Ticona, assistant professor of communication at the Annenberg School for Communication. 
Climate risk in the housing market has echoes of subprime crisis, study finds

Climate risk in the housing market has echoes of subprime crisis, study finds

Susan Wachter of the Wharton School commented on research that found banks are shielding themselves from climate change related risks by shifting some mortgages, such as those in flood-prone regions, back to the federal government. “The problem they’ve discovered is likely to grow in magnitude and is clearly important, because the taxpayer is on the hook,” she said.