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Fewer Than 1 in 5 Americans Are Aware of the 988 Suicide Lifeline

New survey data from the Annenberg Public Policy Center reveals Americans' knowledge of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.

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Balancing Quantity and Quality: How X/Twitter’s Algorithm Influences Our Consumption of News

A new paper by Penn researchers, including Annenberg doctoral candidate Shengchun Huang, explores the dissemination of news on X/Twitter.

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How Fanfiction Communities in China Cope With Censorship

In a new paper, doctoral student Ran Wang explores what happened to Chinese fanfiction communities after a wave of increased government censorship in early 2020.

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Researchers Use Augmented Reality to Encourage Pediatric Vaccination In Philadelphia

Researchers at Penn, including the co-directors of the Annenberg Extended Reality Lab, worked with members of the West Philadelphia community to co-create AR health campaigns about pediatric vaccination.

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New Study Reveals Democrats and Republicans Vastly Underestimate the Diversity of Each Other’s Views

A new study by Annenberg researchers has found that Democrats and Republicans consistently underestimate the diversity of views within each party on hot-button issues like immigration and abortion.

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What to Know About the Current Avian Influenza Outbreak

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center and Louise Moncla and Aliza Simeone of Penn Vet share helpful information for the public.

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A New Study Shows How the Brain Processes Partisan Information

Researchers from Annenberg, Columbia University, UC Berkeley, and Dartmouth College used fMRI data to explore how partisan messaging is processed in the brain.

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Penn Students Get Convention Access in Extraordinary Political Times

Undergrads who attended the Republican or Democratic convention this summer are breaking down their experiences during the "Conventions, Debates, and Campaigns" course taught by Annenberg lecturers David Eisenhower, Marjorie Margolies, and Craig Snyder.

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Studying Wikipedia Browsing Habits To Learn How People Learn

A collaborative team of researchers, including Annenberg Professor David Lydon-Staley, analyzed the information-seeking styles of more than 480,000 people and found that gender and education inequality track different types of knowledge exploration.

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Unpacking Polarization

A Q&A with Annenberg Associate Professor Yphtach Lelkes, co-director of the Polarization Research Lab.