Communications

How do we teach history in America today?

Abby Reisman and Ismael Jimenez of the Graduate School of Education join a team of Philadelphia educators to discuss American history, equity and inclusion, critical race theory, and other educational issues of 2022.

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What makes us share posts on social media?

A new Annenberg School of Communication study reveals that we share the social media posts that we think are the most relevant to ourselves or to our friends and family.

MPX? Mpox? The struggle to replace ‘monkeypox’ with a name that isn’t racist

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that the term “monkeypox” doesn’t convey useful information and predicts that the public will easily adapt to a new name.

A GOP misinformation campaign targets Democrats’ climate spending packages

Shelley Welton of Penn Carey Law and the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy says that continued reliance on fossil fuels will create a worsening cycle of threats to the electricity grid.

DeSantis fighter jet ad conjures 1988 Dukakis tank debacle

A referenced documentary features Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center and her thoughts on the failed Presidential campaign of Michael Dukakis.

As global health threats evolved, the CDC didn’t

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that the CDC fostered a culture of arrogance, overestimating their ability to get things right.

Xiye Bastida, climate-justice advocate, 20

In a profile, rising third-year Xiye Bastida of the College of Arts and Sciences says that she wants to leave a legacy of thriving life, not just survival.

Panelists take issue with government preference for fiber

Christopher Yoo of Penn Carey Law and the Annenberg School for Communication says that advertising around gig speeds is doing tremendous damage to public policy and stifling experimentation.

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Q&A

How ideologically divided is the American public?

The Polarization Research Lab, a new initiative from Annenberg’s Yphtach Lelkes and colleagues at Dartmouth and Stanford, will work to answer that question through surveys and partnerships with community organizations.

Cable news has a more polarizing effect than social media, study finds

A study by Homa Hosseinmardi of the Annenberg School for Communication shows that the TV news audience is being “distilled,” with an overall shrinkage but an increased number of partisans.

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