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Research

State Laws Shape the Social Norms Around Vaccines — and Get People Vaccinated

In an effort to understand what encourages people to get vaccinated, researchers from the Social Action Lab and the Annenberg Public Policy Center examined how state laws and policies affect vaccination rates.

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Research

The Commonalities of Common Sense

PIK Professor Duncan Watts and Computational Social Science Lab senior researcher Mark Whiting address a critical gap in how knowledge is understood.

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Call for Submissions

Call for Abstracts: ICA 2024 Preconference - "Media and Communication in Global Latinidades"

Submissions should address issues of importance about Latinx and Latin American experiences globally.

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Research

Research in Brief: Anti-Smoking Messages for LGBTQ+ Young Women

In an effort to understand how to reduce smoking among LGBQT+ young women, Professor Andy Tan and colleagues tested tailored anti-smoking campaigns.

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Research

Eight Ways To Prevent and Fight Health Misinformation, Backed by Psychological Science

A new report by Dolores Albarracín, Deen Freelon, and colleagues identifies effective ways to halt the spread of misinformation online, including debunking and “prebunking.”

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Alumni

Pawel Popiel and David Elliot Berman Named Marjorie & Charles Benton Opportunity Fund Fellows

For their project, Popiel and Berman will conduct research on Philadelphia's efforts to get the city's most marginalized communities online.

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Alumni

Back at Annenberg: Susan Roberts (M.A.C. ‘99)

An interview with Susan Roberts about her work as Senior Director of Preschool Content & Consumer Products Research at Nickelodeon.

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Research

A Journey Into the Archives of Herbert Schiller, Media Scholar and Critic of American Empire

Annenberg Processing Archivist Andrew Williams explores the Herbert Schiller Collection at the Annenberg School for Communication Library Archives.

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Faculty News

Professor Andy Tan and Community Partners Receive 2023 Provost/Netter Center Faculty-Community Partnership Award

Tan and community partners Cross-Grade Sports and OurSpace were honored for their collaborative work in the West Philadelphia community.

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Research

When Young People Seem to Make Threats on Social Media, Do They Mean It?

A new app from SAFELab helps teachers, police, and journalists interpret social media posts by BIPOC youth and understand which threats may be real.