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How social networks reshaped society and politics
Jordi Pérez Colomé and Sandra González-Bailón seated at a bookstore with copies of their book.

Jordi Pérez Colomé and Sandra González-Bailón at the Madrid Book Fair.

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How social networks reshaped society and politics

In a new Spanish-language book, Annenberg School for Communication professor Sandra González-Bailón and a veteran El País journalist examine how social platforms amplify voices, distort realities, and redefine our democracies.

From Annenberg School for Communication

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Analyzing feminism and traditional gender roles on social media

Analyzing feminism and traditional gender roles on social media

In a new paper, Annenberg School for Communication Dean Sarah Banet-Weiser and doctoral student Sara Reinis analyze popular “tradwife” social media accounts, which embrace traditional gender roles and the rejection of “the rejection of hustle culture.”

Hailey Reissman

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A road map to reduce firearm harms by 2040
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A road map to reduce firearm harms by 2040

Three Penn faculty members are among more than 40 experts to author a report addressing the persistent challenge of gun violence and proposing solutions stemming from a JAMA Summit convened last spring.

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Many Gen Zers deal with higher rates of mental health challenges and firearm suicides, according to a new report

Many Gen Zers deal with higher rates of mental health challenges and firearm suicides, according to a new report

PIK Professor Desmond Patton says that more young people are speaking openly about mental health, especially on social media. College of Arts and Sciences first-year Anvesha Guru says that cultural attitudes about guns and mental health need more than a simple shift.

Addressing the ‘catch-22’ academics face on social media
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At the symposium “Academe in the Age of Social Media: Scholarly Inquiry at Risk?” Annenberg School for Communication professor Guobin Yang, left, participated in a panel on the past and present of risks in academia associated with visibility and surveillance. Annenberg doctoral student Anjali DasSarma, right, moderated the panel. Yang’s Center on Digital Culture and Society hosted the event with Annenberg professor Barbie Zelizer’s Center for Media at Risk.

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Addressing the ‘catch-22’ academics face on social media

The Annenberg School for Communication’s Center for Media at Risk and Center for Digital Culture and Society brought together scholars to analyze the interconnected benefits and risks that academics face using social media.