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Suicides Don’t Spike Around the Holiday Season, but Americans Think They Do

In a new report, the Annenberg Public Policy Center examines how media organizations disseminated the suicide-holiday myth in 2022-23 and how that influenced public opinion.

• Health Communication

Communication Neuroscience Lab Visiting Undergraduate Students Present Research at Major Academic Conference

For ten weeks, Denise Cortés-Cortés from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez and Arden Spehar from Vassar College were immersed...

• Health Communication

Over a Third of Americans Worry About Getting the Flu, RSV, or COVID-19

Over a third of American adults worry that they or someone in their family will get the seasonal flu, COVID-19...

• Health Communication

The Authenticity Industries: Q&A with Michael Serazio (Ph.D. ‘10)

In his new book, Serazio explores America’s fixation on being “real” and the industries dedicated to the careful cultivation of authenticity.

• Media Institutions

Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication Publishes CARGC Paper 19

The paper, “Media and Networks in the Queer API Archive,” was written by Sudeep Bhargava (C'22), former undergraduate fellow at CARGC.

• Culture & Media

Exploring Life as a New Doctoral Student Through Film

Doctoral student Nya Mbock and a crew of Annenberg staff members made a short film about life as a first-year Ph.D. student.

• Culture & Media

Vaccine Confidence Falls as Belief in Health Misinformation Grows

Americans have less confidence in vaccines to address a variety of illnesses than they did just a year or two...

• Health Communication

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.

Sharing the Stories of Community Media Makers in Philadelphia

Doctoral candidate Antoine Haywood is documenting the work and lives of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) media makers in Philadelphia.

• Culture & Media

Annenberg and Penn Nursing Partner With Camden County To Launch Virtual Reality Narcan Training

In conjunction with the School of Nursing, the Annenberg Virtual Reality ColLABorative continues efforts to train as many people as possible on administering the lifesaving overdose reversal medication.

• Health Communication
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