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A Scholar Who Listens

From grazing sheep in Irish bogs to the infrastructural hum of parks in Philadelphia, recent Annenberg Gilbert Seldes Multimodal Postdoctoral...

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Brain Activity Reveals What Makes Persuasive Messages Stick

A new study by the Communication Neuroscience Lab and colleagues reveals that activity in brain regions associated with reward and social processing can predict the effectiveness of messages.

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A Road Map To Reduce Firearm Harms by 2040

Three Penn faculty members, including PIK Professor Desmond Patton, 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.

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A New Exhibit at Annenberg Explores Philadelphia’s History of Communicating With Ghosts

The exhibit from the Annenberg Extended Reality Lab explores the 19th-century religious movement Spiritualism.

How Has Talking About Politics Changed in the Last Quarter-Century?

Annenberg Professor Diana Mutz finds that we’re having more political conversations now with like-minded people, and that political intolerance has increased as a result.

• Political Communication

The Rage of Tradwives

In a new paper, Dean Sarah Banet-Weiser and doctoral student Sara Reinis analyze popular “tradwife” accounts on Instagram and TikTok.

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Dolores Albarracín Receives Career Award from Society for Personality and Social Psychology

PIK Professor Dolores Albarracín has been honored for her contributions to social psychology.

Research Shows There Are No Easy Fixes to Political Hatred

A non-partisan team has found reducing polarization and “partisan animosity” is remarkably difficult.

• Political Communication

Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Public Health Campaigns Across Philadelphia

Professor Andy Tan and Research Associate and Lecturer Matthew Brook O'Donnell are both interested in how artificial intelligence could make it easier for community-based organizations to improve public health in Philadelphia.

• Health Communication

Annenberg Answers: Understanding AI Actress Tilly Norwood’s Arrival

Tilly Norwood, the “AI actress” recently making headlines, has sparked debate in the media industry about the future of AI in filmmaking.

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