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Eleven New Doctoral Students Join the Annenberg School

Learn about where they’ve lived, their previous work experience, and what they study.

Health Care Podcast Tradeoffs to Launch at Penn

Exploring our confusing, costly, and often counterintuitive health care system.

• Health Communication

Call for Papers: Troubling Translation(s)

Graduate students are invited to submit papers that consider translation as concept, practice, and method.

• Global Communication

Exploring Cryptocurrency and Blockchain in Iceland

A virtual reality film, photo series, and soundscape document the effect the industry is having on natural resources and people.

• Global Communication
• Technology & Society

Signaling the Trustworthiness of Science

How can researchers best communicate that their work follows the norms of science?

• Health Communication

Professional Development Day 2019: Annenberg Alumni Return to Share Career Advice

Presenters representing a wide range of careers returned for the annual event.

Call for Submissions: Social Media, Algorithms, News, and Public Engagements in the Asia-Pacific and Beyond

Submissions should examine social media and algorithms in connection to the changing practices in news production and circulation.

• Global Communication
• Technology & Society

Brevity is the Soul of Twitter: 280-Character Limit Makes Twitter More Civil

Professor Yphtach Lelkes analyzed tweets from before and after Twitter implemented the increased character limit.

• Political Communication
• Technology & Society

Americans’ Civics Knowledge Increases But Still Has a Long Way to Go

This year more Americans can name the three branches of government.

• Political Communication

Ticona and Collaborators Awarded $2.5 Million NSF Grant

They will explore worker wages, pricing transparency, and the meaning of access to digital work for marginalized communities.

• Technology & Society