A road map to reduce firearm harms by 2040 Image: mathisworks/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images 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. 2 min. read
Instagram says it’s safeguarding teens by limiting them to PG-13 content Penn In the News Associated Press Instagram says it’s safeguarding teens by limiting them to PG-13 content PIK Professor Desmond Patton of the Annenberg School for Communication and the School of Social Policy & Practice discusses Instagram’s limits on teenagers’ access. Many Gen Zers deal with higher rates of mental health challenges and firearm suicides, according to a new report Penn In the News WHYY (Philadelphia) 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 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.(Image: Sharareh Faryadi) 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. How information spread on Facebook during and after the 2020 election Image: iStock/bonezboyz How information spread on Facebook during and after the 2020 election Annenberg School for Communications’ Sandra González-Bailón and colleagues analyzed the spread of over one billion Facebook posts to reveal how information flowed on the social network. An epidemic of vicious school brawls, fueled by student cellphones Penn In the News The New York Times An epidemic of vicious school brawls, fueled by student cellphones PIK Professor Desmond Upton Patton says that many schools don’t have a playbook for addressing student violence or helping pupils engage more positively online, in part because few researchers are studying the issue. Social media misinformation is scaring women about birth control Penn In the News Stat Social media misinformation is scaring women about birth control In an opinion essay, postdoc Emily Pfender of the Leonard Davis Institute and Perelman School of Medicine cautions that social media can set back women’s health by perpetuating fear and misinformation instead of empowering informed choices. How the U.S. presidential campaigns are targeting digital ads by zip code Image: iStock/JELER How the U.S. presidential campaigns are targeting digital ads by zip code Andrew Arenge of the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies has created dashboards showing geotargeted issues and spending amounts looking at the Harris and Trump campaigns. How synthetic nicotine brands market e-cigarettes to young people on social media Image: iStock/Benjamin Robinson How synthetic nicotine brands market e-cigarettes to young people on social media A study finds that most ads for e-cigarettes on Instagram, a platform dominated by users under the age of 25, do not adhere to FDA health warning requirements. Race, gender, and the appeal to youth in the Harris campaign Image: Raphael Lafargue/Abaca/Sipa USA(Sipa via AP Images) Q&A Race, gender, and the appeal to youth in the Harris campaign Annenberg’s Sarah J. Jackson talks about how the Harris campaign is communicating differently than the Biden, Clinton, and Obama campaigns. Load More
Many Gen Zers deal with higher rates of mental health challenges and firearm suicides, according to a new report Penn In the News WHYY (Philadelphia) 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 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.(Image: Sharareh Faryadi) 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. How information spread on Facebook during and after the 2020 election Image: iStock/bonezboyz How information spread on Facebook during and after the 2020 election Annenberg School for Communications’ Sandra González-Bailón and colleagues analyzed the spread of over one billion Facebook posts to reveal how information flowed on the social network. An epidemic of vicious school brawls, fueled by student cellphones Penn In the News The New York Times An epidemic of vicious school brawls, fueled by student cellphones PIK Professor Desmond Upton Patton says that many schools don’t have a playbook for addressing student violence or helping pupils engage more positively online, in part because few researchers are studying the issue. Social media misinformation is scaring women about birth control Penn In the News Stat Social media misinformation is scaring women about birth control In an opinion essay, postdoc Emily Pfender of the Leonard Davis Institute and Perelman School of Medicine cautions that social media can set back women’s health by perpetuating fear and misinformation instead of empowering informed choices. How the U.S. presidential campaigns are targeting digital ads by zip code Image: iStock/JELER How the U.S. presidential campaigns are targeting digital ads by zip code Andrew Arenge of the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies has created dashboards showing geotargeted issues and spending amounts looking at the Harris and Trump campaigns. How synthetic nicotine brands market e-cigarettes to young people on social media Image: iStock/Benjamin Robinson How synthetic nicotine brands market e-cigarettes to young people on social media A study finds that most ads for e-cigarettes on Instagram, a platform dominated by users under the age of 25, do not adhere to FDA health warning requirements. Race, gender, and the appeal to youth in the Harris campaign Image: Raphael Lafargue/Abaca/Sipa USA(Sipa via AP Images) Q&A Race, gender, and the appeal to youth in the Harris campaign Annenberg’s Sarah J. Jackson talks about how the Harris campaign is communicating differently than the Biden, Clinton, and Obama campaigns. Load More
Addressing the ‘catch-22’ academics face on social media 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.(Image: Sharareh Faryadi) 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.
How information spread on Facebook during and after the 2020 election Image: iStock/bonezboyz How information spread on Facebook during and after the 2020 election Annenberg School for Communications’ Sandra González-Bailón and colleagues analyzed the spread of over one billion Facebook posts to reveal how information flowed on the social network.
An epidemic of vicious school brawls, fueled by student cellphones Penn In the News The New York Times An epidemic of vicious school brawls, fueled by student cellphones PIK Professor Desmond Upton Patton says that many schools don’t have a playbook for addressing student violence or helping pupils engage more positively online, in part because few researchers are studying the issue. Social media misinformation is scaring women about birth control Penn In the News Stat Social media misinformation is scaring women about birth control In an opinion essay, postdoc Emily Pfender of the Leonard Davis Institute and Perelman School of Medicine cautions that social media can set back women’s health by perpetuating fear and misinformation instead of empowering informed choices. How the U.S. presidential campaigns are targeting digital ads by zip code Image: iStock/JELER How the U.S. presidential campaigns are targeting digital ads by zip code Andrew Arenge of the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies has created dashboards showing geotargeted issues and spending amounts looking at the Harris and Trump campaigns. How synthetic nicotine brands market e-cigarettes to young people on social media Image: iStock/Benjamin Robinson How synthetic nicotine brands market e-cigarettes to young people on social media A study finds that most ads for e-cigarettes on Instagram, a platform dominated by users under the age of 25, do not adhere to FDA health warning requirements. Race, gender, and the appeal to youth in the Harris campaign Image: Raphael Lafargue/Abaca/Sipa USA(Sipa via AP Images) Q&A Race, gender, and the appeal to youth in the Harris campaign Annenberg’s Sarah J. Jackson talks about how the Harris campaign is communicating differently than the Biden, Clinton, and Obama campaigns. Load More
Social media misinformation is scaring women about birth control Penn In the News Stat Social media misinformation is scaring women about birth control In an opinion essay, postdoc Emily Pfender of the Leonard Davis Institute and Perelman School of Medicine cautions that social media can set back women’s health by perpetuating fear and misinformation instead of empowering informed choices. How the U.S. presidential campaigns are targeting digital ads by zip code Image: iStock/JELER How the U.S. presidential campaigns are targeting digital ads by zip code Andrew Arenge of the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies has created dashboards showing geotargeted issues and spending amounts looking at the Harris and Trump campaigns. How synthetic nicotine brands market e-cigarettes to young people on social media Image: iStock/Benjamin Robinson How synthetic nicotine brands market e-cigarettes to young people on social media A study finds that most ads for e-cigarettes on Instagram, a platform dominated by users under the age of 25, do not adhere to FDA health warning requirements. Race, gender, and the appeal to youth in the Harris campaign Image: Raphael Lafargue/Abaca/Sipa USA(Sipa via AP Images) Q&A Race, gender, and the appeal to youth in the Harris campaign Annenberg’s Sarah J. Jackson talks about how the Harris campaign is communicating differently than the Biden, Clinton, and Obama campaigns.
How the U.S. presidential campaigns are targeting digital ads by zip code Image: iStock/JELER How the U.S. presidential campaigns are targeting digital ads by zip code Andrew Arenge of the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies has created dashboards showing geotargeted issues and spending amounts looking at the Harris and Trump campaigns.
How synthetic nicotine brands market e-cigarettes to young people on social media Image: iStock/Benjamin Robinson How synthetic nicotine brands market e-cigarettes to young people on social media A study finds that most ads for e-cigarettes on Instagram, a platform dominated by users under the age of 25, do not adhere to FDA health warning requirements.
Race, gender, and the appeal to youth in the Harris campaign Image: Raphael Lafargue/Abaca/Sipa USA(Sipa via AP Images) Q&A Race, gender, and the appeal to youth in the Harris campaign Annenberg’s Sarah J. Jackson talks about how the Harris campaign is communicating differently than the Biden, Clinton, and Obama campaigns.