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Emphasizing Short-Term Effects Can Help Prevent and Reduce Youth Smoking

A recent study by Annenberg researchers finds that anti-tobacco campaigns focused on tangible, short-term consequences are a promising way to prevent young people from smoking and encouraging them to quit.

Homa Hosseinmardi
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What Big Data Reveals About Online Extremism

Homa Hosseinmardi and her colleagues at Penn’s Computational Social Science Lab studied browsing data from 300,000 Americans to gain insights into how online radicalization occurs — and to help develop solutions.

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CARGC Press Releases CARGC Paper 16 by Toni Walker

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

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Clinician Peer Networks Remove Race and Gender Bias

A University of Pennsylvania study published today in Nature Communications offers striking evidence that network science can be used to...

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Mandates Likely Work to Increase Vaccine Uptake

Rather than causing a backlash, vaccination requirements will succeed at getting more people inoculated, according to research from PIK Professor Dolores Albarracín and colleagues at Penn.

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Believability in the Wake of #MeToo

What does it take to be believed? Professor Sarah Banet-Weiser analyzes representations of sexual violence survivorship in recent TV shows to explore how and why believing women remains a contentious cultural battle.

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Two Multilingual Films by Juan Castrillón Premiere Virtually

Rehavi (Timekeepers) and Kiraiñia (Long Flutes), directed by Juan Castrillón, are showcased on The Screening Room, an open-access film series.

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One in Three Americans Say They Might Consider Abolishing or Limiting Supreme Court

An Annenberg Public Policy Center survey found sharp increases in Americans willing to abolish or limit the nation's highest court if it makes decisions with which they or Congress disagreed.

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CARGC Press Releases CARGC Special Report by Sara García Santamaría

Beyond “Technological Exception”: Emerging Debates in Cuban Independent Journalism

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Americans’ Civics Knowledge Increases During a Stress-Filled Year

A growing number of Americans can name the branches of government and the freedoms under the First Amendment though many still misunderstand basic facts about how government works.