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When They Can’t Buy Flavored Tobacco, Kids Are Less Likely to Smoke or Vape

Comparing Studies on the Effect of Flavored Tobacco Bans in San Francisco and Oakland

Climate Scientist Michael E. Mann Leads Annenberg Seminar on Climate Action

Climate scientist Michael E. Mann led a panel discussion on “Urgency, Agency, and Climate Action: The Role of Communication” for the spring 2022 Annenberg Seminar, which was hosted jointly by the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) and the Annenberg School for Communication (ASC).

• Culture & Media
• Global Communication

CARGC Press Releases CARGC Paper 17 by Tarek El-Ariss

The Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication is proud to present CARGC Paper...

• Global Communication

Fruit snack or edible? Study finds some cannabis products look like popular snacks

By Rachel Harrison, New York University

• Health Communication

How Storytelling Can Motivate Us to Help Others

A new study finds that personal stories – instead of cold facts – make people want to help keep others safe.

• Health Communication

The Great and Powerful Dr. Oz? Alternative Health Media Consumption and Vaccine Views

A new study by researchers at the Annenberg Public Policy Center finds that exposure to alternative health media affects people's beliefs about healthcare issues like vaccination.

• Culture & Media
• Health Communication

Vaccines: Philosophical, moral beliefs tied to religion determine acceptance

A longitudinal study conducted pre-COVID-19 considered Americans' attitudes toward vaccines for the flu, measles, HPV, and others.

• Culture & Media
• Health Communication

New COVID-19 roadmap: Four takeaways

A new report lays out a dozen priorities for the federal government to tackle in the next 12 months. The aim: to help guide the U.S. to the pandemic’s ‘next normal.’

• Health Communication

Public Media Can Improve Our ‘Flawed’ Democracy

A new study finds that countries with well-funded public media have healthier democracies. The co-authors explain why investment in U.S. public media is an investment in the future of journalism and democracy alike.

• Culture & Media
• Media Institutions

The Black Lives Matter Movement, but not COVID-19, Encouraged Voters Toward Biden in the 2020 Election

As swing voters registered more awareness about discrimination against Black Americans, they became more likely to vote for the party they felt would best rectify that — Democrats.

• Culture & Media
• Political Communication