People imitate accent features they expect to hear, even without hearing them People imitate accent features they expect to hear, even without hearing them Research from postdoc Lacey Wade confirmed this idea, what she calls expectation-driven convergence, in a controlled experiment for the first time. The work reveals just how much the subconscious factors into the way people speak.
Lights. Camera. Crime Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer Lights. Camera. Crime Dan Romer of the Annenberg Public Policy Center analyzed Philadelphia’s broadcast networks in 1998 and found crime coverage to be racially biased, which he concluded is tied to financial incentives. “The suburbs are the target for their advertisers because they have more wealthy households and they tend to be white,” he said. “Showing people of color attacking whites, that’s scary stuff. Now, that’s a cynical view. But I mean, it’s a business.” Public media can improve our ‘flawed’ democracy Image: Fringer Cat via Unsplash Public media can improve our ‘flawed’ democracy A new study finds that countries with well-funded public media have healthier democracies, and explains why investment in U.S. public media is an investment in the future of journalism and democracy alike. New COVID-19 roadmap: Four takeaways New COVID-19 roadmap: Four takeaways A report spearheaded by PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel, with input from other Penn experts, lays out a dozen priorities for the federal government to tackle in the next 12 months. The aim: to help guide the U.S. to the pandemic’s “next normal.” Outmatched in military might, Ukraine has excelled in the information war Penn In the News The Washington Post Outmatched in military might, Ukraine has excelled in the information war Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center said Ukraine’s messaging strategy has been “visually evocative [and] highly dramatic.” Why unions matter for nursing Image: Amir Arabshahi on Unsplash Why unions matter for nursing A new study examines nursing’s relationship to union organizing and feminism, as well as the profession’s unique organizing challenges. The Black Lives Matter movement, but not COVID encouraged voters toward Biden On June 5, 2020, 50,000 protesters marched through the streets of Philadelphia during a Black Lives Matter protest. (Image: Shawn Kornhauser) The Black Lives Matter movement, but not COVID encouraged voters toward Biden As swing voters registered more awareness about discrimination against Black Americans, they became more likely to vote for the party they felt would best rectify that—Democrats. Bridging Wikipedia’s gender gap, one article at a time Bridging Wikipedia’s gender gap, one article at a time Wikipedia has a major gender inequity problem. In a new study, Annenberg researchers evaluate how feminist interventions are closing the gap, and how they could improve. A Paideia fellow finds a community for research and connection Celia Kreth reading papers at The Madison County Record in Huntsville, AR, where original papers from 1957 are archived. A Paideia fellow finds a community for research and connection For Celia Kreth, a junior in the School of Arts & Sciences, the SNF Paideia Fellows Program allows for a holistic, hands-on approach to her education. Nixon’s China visit, 50 years later In this Feb. 21, 1972 file photo, U.S. President Richard M. Nixon, left, shakes hands with Chinese communist party leader Chairman Mao Zedong during Nixon's groundbreaking trip to China, in Beijing. Forged in absolute secrecy at the height of the Cold War 30 years ago, the diplomatic ties established between the United States and China were meant to balance out the Soviet threat. (Image: AP Photo/File) Q&A Nixon’s China visit, 50 years later On the 50th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s historic visit to the People’s Republic of China, David Eisenhower discusses the significance of the milestone amid the fraying relations between the two nations. Load More
Public media can improve our ‘flawed’ democracy Image: Fringer Cat via Unsplash Public media can improve our ‘flawed’ democracy A new study finds that countries with well-funded public media have healthier democracies, and explains why investment in U.S. public media is an investment in the future of journalism and democracy alike.
New COVID-19 roadmap: Four takeaways New COVID-19 roadmap: Four takeaways A report spearheaded by PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel, with input from other Penn experts, lays out a dozen priorities for the federal government to tackle in the next 12 months. The aim: to help guide the U.S. to the pandemic’s “next normal.”
Outmatched in military might, Ukraine has excelled in the information war Penn In the News The Washington Post Outmatched in military might, Ukraine has excelled in the information war Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center said Ukraine’s messaging strategy has been “visually evocative [and] highly dramatic.” Why unions matter for nursing Image: Amir Arabshahi on Unsplash Why unions matter for nursing A new study examines nursing’s relationship to union organizing and feminism, as well as the profession’s unique organizing challenges. The Black Lives Matter movement, but not COVID encouraged voters toward Biden On June 5, 2020, 50,000 protesters marched through the streets of Philadelphia during a Black Lives Matter protest. (Image: Shawn Kornhauser) The Black Lives Matter movement, but not COVID encouraged voters toward Biden As swing voters registered more awareness about discrimination against Black Americans, they became more likely to vote for the party they felt would best rectify that—Democrats. Bridging Wikipedia’s gender gap, one article at a time Bridging Wikipedia’s gender gap, one article at a time Wikipedia has a major gender inequity problem. In a new study, Annenberg researchers evaluate how feminist interventions are closing the gap, and how they could improve. A Paideia fellow finds a community for research and connection Celia Kreth reading papers at The Madison County Record in Huntsville, AR, where original papers from 1957 are archived. A Paideia fellow finds a community for research and connection For Celia Kreth, a junior in the School of Arts & Sciences, the SNF Paideia Fellows Program allows for a holistic, hands-on approach to her education. Nixon’s China visit, 50 years later In this Feb. 21, 1972 file photo, U.S. President Richard M. Nixon, left, shakes hands with Chinese communist party leader Chairman Mao Zedong during Nixon's groundbreaking trip to China, in Beijing. Forged in absolute secrecy at the height of the Cold War 30 years ago, the diplomatic ties established between the United States and China were meant to balance out the Soviet threat. (Image: AP Photo/File) Q&A Nixon’s China visit, 50 years later On the 50th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s historic visit to the People’s Republic of China, David Eisenhower discusses the significance of the milestone amid the fraying relations between the two nations.
Why unions matter for nursing Image: Amir Arabshahi on Unsplash Why unions matter for nursing A new study examines nursing’s relationship to union organizing and feminism, as well as the profession’s unique organizing challenges.
The Black Lives Matter movement, but not COVID encouraged voters toward Biden On June 5, 2020, 50,000 protesters marched through the streets of Philadelphia during a Black Lives Matter protest. (Image: Shawn Kornhauser) The Black Lives Matter movement, but not COVID encouraged voters toward Biden As swing voters registered more awareness about discrimination against Black Americans, they became more likely to vote for the party they felt would best rectify that—Democrats.
Bridging Wikipedia’s gender gap, one article at a time Bridging Wikipedia’s gender gap, one article at a time Wikipedia has a major gender inequity problem. In a new study, Annenberg researchers evaluate how feminist interventions are closing the gap, and how they could improve.
A Paideia fellow finds a community for research and connection Celia Kreth reading papers at The Madison County Record in Huntsville, AR, where original papers from 1957 are archived. A Paideia fellow finds a community for research and connection For Celia Kreth, a junior in the School of Arts & Sciences, the SNF Paideia Fellows Program allows for a holistic, hands-on approach to her education.
Nixon’s China visit, 50 years later In this Feb. 21, 1972 file photo, U.S. President Richard M. Nixon, left, shakes hands with Chinese communist party leader Chairman Mao Zedong during Nixon's groundbreaking trip to China, in Beijing. Forged in absolute secrecy at the height of the Cold War 30 years ago, the diplomatic ties established between the United States and China were meant to balance out the Soviet threat. (Image: AP Photo/File) Q&A Nixon’s China visit, 50 years later On the 50th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s historic visit to the People’s Republic of China, David Eisenhower discusses the significance of the milestone amid the fraying relations between the two nations.