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The Polarization Research Lab Welcomes New Postdoctoral Fellow

Erin Walk will join the Annenberg School in July.

• Political Communication

Shawnika Hull (Ph.D. '10) Delivers 2024 Communication Major Graduation Speech

Rutgers Associate Professor Shawnika Hull spoke about finding your purpose and following it into the future.

Syphilis Cases Are Rising, But Many People Don’t Know Symptoms

A recent survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that less than a third of Americans could name syphilis signs and symptoms.

• Health Communication

The Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication Welcomes Another Postdoctoral Fellow for 2024-25

Ennuri Jo will join the Annenberg School in the fall.

Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Researcher in Communication, Group Identity, and Computational Methods

The fellowship starts in October 2024 and applications are due by August 15.

Association Found Between Media Diet and Science-Consistent Beliefs About Climate Change

A recent study from the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that people who consume far-right media were less likely to believe in human-caused climate change, while those who read centrist and science media were more likely to believe in it and support a carbon tax.

• Science Communication

Mapping How People Get Their (Political) News

New data visualizations from the Computational Social Science Lab show how Americans consume news.

• Media Institutions
• Political Communication
• Technology & Society

From Philly to Delhi: the Inaugural Global Media Cultures International Doctoral Institute

Organized by the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication (CARGC), the Institute convened students and faculty from Annenberg and the University of Hyderabad.

• Culture & Media
• Global Communication

Reexamining Misinformation: How Unflagged, Factual Content Drives Vaccine Hesitancy

Research from the Computational Social Science Lab finds that factual, vaccine-skeptical content on Facebook has a greater overall effect than “fake news,” discouraging millions from the COVID-19 shot.

• Health Communication
• Science Communication

Annenberg Furthers Research Through Educational Collaborations

Annenberg’s growing number of collaborations within Penn and with other institutions around the world is pushing the boundaries for research and education.