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Louisa Shepard
Senior News Officer
lshepard@upenn.edu
Communications
Emphasizing short-term effects can help prevent and reduce youth smoking
Emphasizing short-term effects can help prevent and reduce youth smoking
A recent study by Annenberg researchers finds that anti-tobacco campaigns focused on tangible, short-term consequences are a promising way to prevent young people from smoking and encouraging them to quit.
What big data reveals about online extremism
What big data reveals about online extremism
Homa Hosseinmardi and her colleagues at Penn’s Computational Social Science Lab studied browsing data from 300,000 Americans to gain insights into how online radicalization occurs, and to help develop solutions.
New book offers lessons for parents on discussing campus sexual assault
New book offers lessons for parents on discussing campus sexual assault
In the guide for caregivers whose child was sexually assaulted on a college campus, Susan B. Sorenson provides advice and identifies resources, both on campus and within the community.
Clinician peer networks remove race and gender bias
Clinician peer networks remove race and gender bias
Research from Damon Centola of the Annenberg School for Communication shows that structured health care networks significantly reduce health care inequities and disparities in patient treatment.
Believability in the wake of #MeToo
Believability in the wake of #MeToo
Sarah Banet-Weiser analyzes representations of sexual violence survivorship in recent TV shows to explore how and why believing women remains a contentious cultural battle.
Scholarship and identity through family, Afrofuturism, and 1,600 vinyl records
Scholarship and identity through family, Afrofuturism, and 1,600 vinyl records
As part of his ongoing exploration into multimodal scholarship, doctoral student Antoine Haywood pairs his newly published autoethnographic essay with a curated soundtrack.
Mandates likely work to increase vaccine uptake
Mandates likely work to increase vaccine uptake
Rather than causing a backlash, vaccination requirements will succeed at getting more people inoculated, according to research from PIK Professor Dolores Albarracín and colleagues at Penn.
Darin Johnson breaks down what code switching is
Darin Johnson breaks down what code switching is
The doctoral student at Annenberg School for Communication explores the mental processes behind code switching and their implications.
Martin Baron on the future of news and importance of investigative journalism
Martin Baron on the future of news and importance of investigative journalism
The former executive editor of The Washington Post spoke with Fels Distinguished Fellow Elizabeth Vale as part of the Fels Public Policy in Practice series.
Misinformation on Twitter adversely affects adults’ health decisions
Misinformation on Twitter adversely affects adults’ health decisions
A new study from the Annenberg School for Communication is the first to explore the effect of misinformation on Twitter about e-cigarette harms.
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Boston Globe
Two public radio stations. Two different business models. One future of public radio in Boston hangs in the balance
Victor Pickard of the Annenberg School for Communication says that there’s a greater need for public broadcasting than ever before, especially as entire sectors of the commercial news media system are crumbling.
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CNN
After four years with COVID-19, the U.S. is settling into a new approach to respiratory virus season
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that the sense of urgency around vaccination has faded as attention on respiratory viruses wanes.
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Forbes
Americans’ confidence in science remains high, finds new review
A survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center suggests that most Americans continue to have confidence in science and scientists.
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Yahoo! Finance
Media companies cut thousands of jobs so far this year. They're not coming back
Victor Pickard of the Annenberg School for Communication says that the ad-revenue business model for journalism has collapsed and can’t be replaced with paywalls.
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Christian Science Monitor
Meet Sora: AI-created videos test public trust
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that AI video-creation can manipulate images in ways that make them seem more real than the original artifacts.
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MarketWatch
Meta, Google and other social-media companies brace for heightened deepfake perils ahead of 2024 elections
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that the capacity exists in 2024 for individuals and nation-states to generate more misleading content that is microtargeted and harder to detect.
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