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Damon Centola named 2026 Guggenheim Fellow
Damon Centola

As director of the Network Dynamics Group and a senior fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Centola’s research centers on social networks and behavior change.

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Damon Centola named 2026 Guggenheim Fellow

The Elihu Katz Professor of Communication, Sociology and Engineering, he is among the 223 people chosen for the Guggenheim’s 101st class of Fellows.
Tracing the evolving law and business of TV
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Tracing the evolving law and business of TV

Reflecting on 100 years of television, Christopher Yoo of Penn Carey Law provides an overview of TV’s shifting legal landscape, and Barbara Kahn of the Wharton School shares how branding has evolved.

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Annenberg Scholars awarded Information and Democracy Research Grants from the Penn Center for Media, Technology, and Democracy

Annenberg Scholars awarded Information and Democracy Research Grants from the Penn Center for Media, Technology, and Democracy

The 16 awardees will conduct research that unpacks how media ecosystems shape public understanding, examine AI’s expanding role as an information intermediary, and investigate communication strategies that enable persuasion and common ground.

Analyzing the news with AI
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Analyzing the news with AI

Annenberg School for Communication postdoctoral fellow Baird Howland looks at prominent narratives in the news media and how they shape Americans’ worldviews.

Hailey Reissman

2 min. read

Who, What, Why: Kara Butler on museum education
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Kara Butler spoke at an event for Makuu: The Black Cultural Center about her experience growing up in Philadelphia.

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  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Kara Butler on museum education

    Butler, a fourth-year anthropology and communication double-major from Philadelphia, is starting a master’s program at the Graduate School of Education in the fall, with the goal of becoming a museum educator.

    2 min. read

    Matthew Levendusky on civics, partisan politics, and teaching public opinion
    Matthew Levendusky.

    Matthew Levendusky is a professor at the Annenberg School for Communication and in the Department of Political Science in the School of Arts & Sciences.

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    Matthew Levendusky on civics, partisan politics, and teaching public opinion

    Matthew Levendusky has been named a joint professor at the Annenberg School for Communication and in the Department of Political Science in the School of Arts & Sciences.

    From Annenberg School for Communication

    2 min. read

    Transforming community health and social connections in rural areas of the US
    Two people unpacking boxes of Narcan in a rural community.

    In 2024, members of the Social Action Lab toured rural areas in Appalachia to hear from nonprofit groups and others who help people with opioid use disorder move toward recovery.

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    Transforming community health and social connections in rural areas of the US

    Dolores Albarracín, the Amy Gutmann Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor, has long studied how to curb disease and improve health.

    From Annenberg School for Communication

    2 min. read

    100 years of television
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    100 years of television

    Annenberg faculty reflect on the history of television and the social, political, and technological changes its viewers experienced through the medium.

    From Annenberg School for Communication

    2 min. read

    Framework for assessing trustworthiness of scientific research

    Framework for assessing trustworthiness of scientific research

    The systems-level framework for evaluating the trustworthiness of research findings is published by a group of researchers, including Annenberg Public Policy Center director Kathleen Hall Jamieson.

    From the Annenberg Public Policy Center

    2 min. read