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Convergence and consensus
Science

Convergence and consensus

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that claims of convergent evidence honor science’s norms of critique and correction by inviting discussion of the extent of existing knowledge and the multiple ways in which it was developed.

‘Media and Propaganda in an Age of Disinformation’

‘Media and Propaganda in an Age of Disinformation’

In a new book, Annenberg School for Communication professor Barbie Zelizer and other communication scholars explore media and propaganda across borders, topics, and timelines.

From Annenberg School for Communication

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How to train our brains’ value systems
Psychology Today

How to train our brains’ value systems

In her book “What We Value,” Emily Falk of the Annenberg School for Communication examines the mechanics and real-life implications of training the brain to create value systems and make subsequent calculations.

News on climate change is more persuasive than expected

News on climate change is more persuasive than expected

In a new paper, Computational Social Science Lab postdoctoral researcher Amir Tohidi and colleagues find that exposure to articles about climate change significantly increases climate change concerns among skeptics.

From Annenberg School for Communication

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Trump administration pulls $300M in health funding from Virginia
Axios

Trump administration pulls $300M in health funding from Virginia

Postdoc Alyssa Sinclair of the Annenberg School for Communication says that Virginia universities will likely need to institute budget adjustments to make up cuts to federal health funding.

Yphtach Lelkes awarded 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship

Yphtach Lelkes awarded 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship

The Annenberg School for Communication associate professor will study how political hostility is shaped in an overloaded information environment. His research focuses on Lelkes the structure, dynamics, and causes of political attitudes, with a particular emphasis on polarization and American politics.

From research to fiction: How David Lydon-Staley merges academia and creativity
David Lydon-Staley.

David Lydon-Staley is an assistant professor of communication and principal investigator in the Addiction, Health, & Adolescence (AHA!) Lab at the Annenberg School for Communication.

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From research to fiction: How David Lydon-Staley merges academia and creativity

The Annenberg School for Communication professor discusses his creative practice, the overlap between his creative and academic work, and how his teaching informs his writing outside of the classroom.

From Annenberg School for Communication

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Data-driven map shows local economic impact of cuts to federal funding for health research
A map of the US showing the impact of federal health research cuts

Science & Community Impacts Mapping Project (SCIMaP).

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Data-driven map shows local economic impact of cuts to federal funding for health research

A new interactive map co-developed by researchers at Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication shows that proposed NIH funding cuts lead to an estimated $16 billion in economic loss and 68,000 jobs lost nationwide.

From Annenberg School for Communication

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