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Louisa Shepard
News Officer
lshepard@upenn.edu
Communications
Mail-in ballots, foreign interference, and the 2020 election
Mail-in ballots, foreign interference, and the 2020 election
In a Q&A, Kathleen Hall Jamieson discusses what we learned from the election four years ago plus how journalists can responsibly share hacked content and what role the public at large can play.
Securing the future of independent news
Securing the future of independent news
New York Times outgoing CEO Mark Thompson discusses threats to the news business and how it can fight back
Virtual reality trains public to reverse opioid overdoses
Virtual reality trains public to reverse opioid overdoses
A group of interdisciplinary researchers from Penn and the Philadelphia Department of Public Heath have developed a virtual reality immersive video training aimed to save lives from opioid overdoses.
Radio magic: A summer internship at WXPN’s ‘World Cafe’
Radio magic: A summer internship at WXPN’s ‘World Cafe’
As a summer intern for WXPN’s ‘World Cafe,’ sophomore Leanna Tilitei worked remotely as a member of the programming team helping to produce the ‘nation’s most listened-to-public radio music program.’
Greater transparency and accountability curb online hate speech and deception
Greater transparency and accountability curb online hate speech and deception
APPC’s Transatlantic Working Group has released a new report calling for greater transparency and accountability from digital platforms, as well as a redress system for promptly dealing with user complaints.
Better care for COVID patients through virtual reality
Better care for COVID patients through virtual reality
An interdisciplinary team from Penn joined efforts with physicians in New York to fast-track virtual reality coronavirus training materials.
Meeting the challenge of vaccination hesitancy
Meeting the challenge of vaccination hesitancy
Annenberg School for Communication professor Damon Centola explores root causes of vaccine hesitancy and actionable steps to address it.
Local news volume does not increase pro-social behaviors during COVID-19
Local news volume does not increase pro-social behaviors during COVID-19
Previous research found people were more likely to engage in civic behaviors—like voting, recycling, or wearing a face covering—when their local newspaper includes coverage of these activities. New research finds that may not be as relevant anymore.
Cultivating robust civil dialogue during times of unrest
Cultivating robust civil dialogue during times of unrest
Through the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Paideia Program, Penn students are learning how to reflect on and engage with subjects like the coronavirus pandemic and the criminal justice system.
The joys and trials of defending a dissertation virtually
The joys and trials of defending a dissertation virtually
When most aspects of university life moved online because of COVID-19, so, too, did the thesis defense for Ph.D. candidates. Despite some challenges, the shift had unexpected benefits.
Media Contact
In the News
The New Yorker
Inside the Lincoln Project’s war room
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center spoke about the Lincoln Project’s outreach to Republican voters. “They’re basically mining everything you can reasonably mine from the available news cycle and the anxieties of the moment. We’ve never seen that before.”
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Philadelphia Inquirer
COVID-19 has more Americans thinking about science. Could this be a Sputnik moment?
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center spoke about how the evolution in the U.S. in recent years of perceptions of climate change, with almost 70% of Americans now agreeing that human activity is a contributing factor. “The evidence has become clearer. The communication has become more effective. And people have experienced events in their lives that they attribute to climate change,” she said. “That suggests this isn’t a hopeless task.”
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Daily Beast
CNN fact checker Daniel Dale is a ‘firehose’ dousing Trump’s incendiary lies
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center commented on Daniel Dale’s fact check of statements made by President Trump during a speech at the Republican National Convention. “Dale’s rapidly spoken summary and correction of distortions in the Trump acceptance speech was more likely to leave viewers impressed with Dale than it was to help viewers remember the corrections,” she said.
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Politico.com
How Trump’s win-at-all-costs vaccine strategy could backfire
Melanie Kornides of the School of Nursing comments on the effects of misinformation on vaccine development.
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Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane (WHYY-FM)
Big Tech: Monopolies, misinformation and election integrity
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center was interviewed about social media and election meddling.
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Associated Press
Biden on cognitive test: ‘Why the hell would I take a test?’
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center said verbal slips are not enough to conclude that a presidential candidate is unqualified for the job. “If you can’t focus, that’s a problem. If you can’t provide a coherent answer, that’s a problem. (But) sometimes what you’re seeing, it may be annoying, but it doesn’t speak to a person’s capacity to govern,” she said.
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