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Understanding basics of financial literacy is a must

A paper co-written by Olivia Mitchell of the Wharton School finds that only 43% of respondents are able to correctly answer three basic questions about financial literacy.

Polls’ representative samples often merit skepticism

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center coordinated a recent effort by the National Academy of Sciences to recommend how to protect the integrity of survey research, taking particular aim at the phrase “representative sample.”

Civility is on the decline, ABA civics poll finds

A 2016 survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that only a quarter of people could name all three branches of government, though that figure rose to 56% by 2021.

The stark differences in Biden and McCarthy’s debt limit fight

Kent Smetters of the Wharton School says that the fight over government finances amounts to a game of chicken that could lead to extremism.

Finally, accountability for Tucker Carlson. But it’s only a start

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that the Dominion disclosures demonstrate that Fox News has successfully focused on satisfying the existing needs and desires of a niche audience.

Sonja Dumpelmann on the staircase leading down to the Schuylkill River Trail

Sonja Dümpelmann on designing nature

Sonja Dümpelmann, professor of landscape architecture, explores ‘the reciprocal relationship’ between humans and their environments.

Fox settlement is a victory for Dominion. But the misinformation war continues

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that the 2020 election conspiracy theory has too many strands sustaining it to be brought down by the destruction of one thread.

Many young women wouldn’t get flu, COVID shots in pregnancy, poll suggests

A report co-authored by Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center finds that higher percentages of women aged 18 to 49 doubt the safety and effectiveness of COVID and flu vaccines during pregnancy.

Conspiracy theories can be undermined with these strategies, new analysis shows

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that counteracting conspiracy beliefs is important because belief in conspiracies can encourage people to act in harmful ways.

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To protect children online, researchers call for cross-disciplinary collaboration

A team of neuroscientists and legal experts, including Gideon Nave of the Wharton School, published a perspective in Science drawing attention to the need to develop science-backed policies that take into account children’s vulnerabilities in the digital world.

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