Communications

Joseph Turow, a researcher in the Annenberg School for Communication at Penn.

Political leanings dictate feelings about surveillance of low-income populations

New research led by Annenberg’s Joseph Turow reveals that political party and orientation matter when it comes to how Americans feel about everyday surveillance of low-income populations.

It’s not just ‘Black Panther:’ film marketing can transcend race

Researchers from the Annenberg School for Communication and Michigan State University found that movies that are mass-marketed transcend racial orientation of the cast or narrative focus.

five people standing behind curtains at a polling place.

Fear of losing status, not economic hardship, drove voters in 2016

Research from Annenberg's Diana Mutz challenges the discourse surrounding voter motivation in the 2016 election: Fears of economic insecurity did not drive voters to the voting booth in support of Donald Trump, as public sentiment has believed.

Q&A

Q&A with Barbie Zelizer

Members of the media are unable to do their jobs due to creeping authoritarianism or totalitarian rule. The Center for Media at Risk hopes to bring together scholars and journalists to strategize about what can be done to resist it.