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Finding New Ways to Evaluate Voters’ Beliefs

In his dissertation research, joint Communication and Political Science doctoral student Nicholas Dias searches for new ways to gauge voter competency.

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Annenberg Presentations at NCA 2023

The convention theme, "Freedom," allows us to challenge assumptions of what freedom means and offer solutions for individuals, groups, organizations, and societies to attain freedom.

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Holding Trump Accountable Will Not Threaten American Democracy

With a Fulton County indictment of former President Donald Trump possible at any time, law enforcement in Atlanta is bracing...

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Yphtach Lelkes Named 2023-2024 Center for the Study of Democratic Politics Fellow

He will spend the next academic year in residence at Princeton University.

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What Do Our Ancestral Family Ties Say About Our Political Beliefs?

The first institution we experience in life is family. As long as humans have existed, they have gathered in groups...

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New Center to Focus on Information Networks and Democracy

Directed by Sandra González-Bailón and co-directed by Yphtach Lelkes, the Center for Information Networks and Democracy will analyze the benefits and risks of digital technologies for political and civic engagement.

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Annenberg Presentations and Events at ICA 2023

The International Communication Association will hold its 73rd annual conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Americans Don’t Understand What Companies Can Do With Their Personal Data — and That’s a Problem

A new survey of 2,000 Americans finds that people don’t understand what marketers are learning about them online and don’t want their data collected, but feel powerless to stop it.

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Is Social Media Good or Bad for Social Unity?

Annenberg professors Sandra González-Bailón and Yphtach Lelkes reviewed all of the previous literature to compile what scholars have discovered to date.

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Quotable: Insights from Annenberg Faculty and Students

Throughout October, we have been looking back at insights shared by our faculty and students over the past several years.