Communications

Emily Hund of the Annenberg School for Communication said beauty vlogger and influencer Michelle Phan “was the first to model how this could be an occupation and career.”

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center and colleagues were cited for their research on public reception of scientific findings. “Researchers can improve the understanding of how the norms of science are honoured by communicating the value of these practices more explicitly and transparently and not inadvertently supporting misconceptions of science,” they wrote.

Jonathan Baron of the School of Arts and Sciences attributed greater public trust in police than in members of Congress to a “negative halo effect,” in which attitudes toward one area can negatively affect attitudes toward another. “Congress really is dysfunctional, so the negative halo extends to its members,” said Baron.

Yphtach Lelkes and Ph.D. student Alvin Zhou of the Annenberg School for Communication co-authored an analysis of Twitter’s decision to double its character limit on Tweets. “We found that doubling the permissible length of a tweet led to users posting less uncivil, more polite and more constructive replies to politicians,” they wrote.

Doctoral candidate Zane Cooper and Kyle Cassidy of the Annenberg School for Communication collaborated on a multimedia exhibit exploring cryptocurrency mining in Iceland.

Carolyn Marvin of the Annenberg School for Communication spoke about the relationship between Chinese protestors and American symbolism. The U.S. flag, she said, “represents democracy and—on a good day—it represents human rights.”

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center commented on anti-immigrant violence, saying, “President Trump’s dehumanizing rhetoric about those seeking entry at the southern border creates a climate conducive to hostile action.”

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg School for Communication commented on President Trump’s xenophobic rhetoric. By casting U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and other political opponents as enemies of the nation, Trump aims to discredit “the loyalty, patriotism, and ability to act on behalf of the U.S. of an elected official,” says Jamieson.