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In America, talk turns to something unspoken for 150 years: Civil war

In America, talk turns to something unspoken for 150 years: Civil war

Boaz Hameiri of the Annenberg School for Communication spoke about a study he conducted in 2014. He and his co-author found that “extreme rhetoric can lead some people to pull back from the brink” of extremism. However, if extreme messaging is normalized in political debate, its moderating effect is weakened.

This 21-year-old tweeted lies about Robert Mueller and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Now, he’s eyeing the 2020 election

This 21-year-old tweeted lies about Robert Mueller and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Now, he’s eyeing the 2020 election

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center said Jacob Wohl is carrying on an American tradition of sowing political disinformation. “It takes a real talent to figure out what kind of deceptions will gain traction,” said Jamieson.

The single word most associated with negative hospital reviews
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The single word most associated with negative hospital reviews

A Penn Medicine research team found that the word “told” was tied to almost 20 percent of poor reviews, pointing to the value points patients and their loved ones’ place on communication in health care settings.

Penn Today Staff

The art of talking about science
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The art of talking about science

Paul Offit of Penn Medicine and CHOP offers five tips for better communicating tough scientific topics to the public—and standing up for science in the process.

Michele W. Berger

Sex and violence were pumped up to “Americanize” Jane the Virgin, study finds

Sex and violence were pumped up to “Americanize” Jane the Virgin, study finds

A new study from the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that “Jane the Virgin,” like many other English-language adaptations of telenovelas, was augmented to feature more sex and violence than the original version in order to appeal to American audiences. These changes “could in turn adversely affect its adolescent Hispanic audiences,” wrote the report’s co-authors, Darien Perez Ryan and Patrick E. Jamieson.

The language of climate change—and the Anthropocene
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The language of climate change—and the Anthropocene

Hanna E. Morris, a doctoral student at the Annenberg School for Communication who researches environmental communication, explains the sudden rise of ‘Anthropocene’ as the latest buzzword in the climate dialogue.
25 years later, a legacy presses forward
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25 years later, a legacy presses forward

It separates fiction from facts and sets standards for journalists. Since its formation in 1993, the Annenberg Public Policy Center has surely made its mark.

Lauren Hertzler