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What social media does to the teen brain
The New York Times

What social media does to the teen brain

Frances Jensen of the Perelman School of Medicine examines the impact that social media is having on the brains of teenagers, the first “truly digital generation.”

Trump attacked me. Then Musk did. It wasn’t an accident
The New York Times

Trump attacked me. Then Musk did. It wasn’t an accident

In an Op-Ed, Yoel Roth of the Annenberg School for Communication says that his experience of public attacks and harassment while working at Twitter was part of a larger, targeted political campaign to erode online safety and strengthen misinformation.

LinkedIn posts have gotten personal and deep
The Washington Post

LinkedIn posts have gotten personal and deep

Americus Reed of the Wharton School says that people have less tolerance for personal content shared on LinkedIn because the platform is so well situated in its professional identity.

How social media platforms lean left or right, and its users follow
Illustration of CEO standing with people with social media icons for heads rushing toward them.

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How social media platforms lean left or right, and its users follow

Brendan Mahoney, a doctoral candidate at the Annenberg School for Communication, examines the ways we communicate online and the corporations that host those conversations.

From Annenberg School for Communication

Social scientists must address ChatGPT’s ethical challenges before using it for research
An AI chatbot selects an option from a screen.

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Social scientists must address ChatGPT’s ethical challenges before using it for research

Outlining challenges that ChatGPT pose, researchers from Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice and Annenberg School for Communication have written recommendations in five areas for ethical use of the technology in a new paper.

Juliana Rosati