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The Center for Media at Risk Welcomes Inaugural Visiting Scholars

Wendy Chun, Cherian George, and Ruth Ben-Ghiat will join Annenberg this year.

Thinking Beyond Yourself Can Make You More Open to Healthy Lifestyle Choices

A new study investigated how people respond to health messaging.

• Health Communication

Elisabetta Ferrari Receives Grant from Villanova University’s Waterhouse Family Institute

The grant will support Ferrari's dissertation on digital media activism.

What Do Bots, Climate Change, and Academic Grants Have in Common?

Doctoral student Douglas Guilbeault points to the importance of categories.

• Technology & Society

Can Social Media Networks Reduce Political Polarization on Climate Change?

The researchers tested how different kinds of social media environments would affect political polarization and group accuracy.

• Political Communication
• Technology & Society

The Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication Welcomes Four New Postdoctoral Fellows

Yakein Abdelmagid, Clovis Bergère, Stanislav Budnitsky, and Giang Nyugen-Thu join CARGC this month.

• Global Communication

Four New Lecturers — Including Two Alumni — Teach Annenberg Undergraduates This Fall

Murali Balaji, Samira Rajabi, Lee Shaker, and Aaron Shapiro will offer courses in their areas of expertise.

The Annenberg School Welcomes 21 New Visiting Scholars and Postdoctoral Fellows

From feminist movements to mobile cinema in Tibet, these scholars' work spans the field of Communication.

New Study Finds Visuals of Vaping in E-Cigarette Advertisements Increase Anti-Vaping Beliefs and Policy Opinions

When vaping portrayals are reminiscent of cigarette smoking, viewers are likely to form negative opinions of vaping.

• Health Communication

People Who Don't Read the News Are Better at Predicting Which Articles Will Go Viral, Study Finds

The researchers analyzed the brain responses of 40 people as they read article headlines.

• Media Institutions