Civics

Young voters and online civic education

A collaborative new study by Guy Grossman of the School of Arts & Sciences and co-authors looks at the effects of low-cost online interventions in encouraging young Moroccans to turn out and cast an informed vote in the 2021 elections. 

Kristen de Groot

The future of conservatism

A one-of-a-kind political science course taught by Deirdre Martinez of the School of Arts & Sciences and Evan McMullin, a Penn alum who was running for the Senate during the class, took students through the past and present conservative movement.

Kristen de Groot



In the News


C-SPAN

Kathleen Hall Jamieson on civics education and bridging political divides

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center discusses the importance of civics education as a tool to bridge political divides.

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Knews Media

Journalism is a public good and should be publicly funded

Victor Pickard of the Annenberg School for Communication explains that the “positive” interpretation of the First Amendment focuses on government’s affirmative role to help guarantee the public access to a “diverse and informative media system.”

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Reuters

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.

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Governing

Civic education is having a moment. This is what that means

The 2022 Constitution Day Survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that fewer than half of Americans could name all three branches of government.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Flunking social studies is how America got the Big Lie and QAnon. Don’t make it worse

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that reduced time in the classroom for teaching civics will come back to haunt America’s future politics.

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KYW Radio (Philadelphia)

‘Real, funny, engaging and serious’: Pa. Gen Z voters on what they want in politicians beyond the 2022 midterms

Second-year Liam Hoare in the College of Arts and Sciences thinks that social media will play a large role in how candidates promote themselves in the future.

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