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Exploring Feminist Unity in Today’s Connected World: The Transnational Feminist Networks Symposium

A recent symposium at Annenberg examined the growth, upkeep, and difficulties of feminist solidarities in our connected world.

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Curator Conversation - “Present Futures: Experiments in Feminist Futurity”

Doctoral students Cienna Davis, Sim Gill, Valentina Proust, Lucila Rozas, and Azsaneé Truss answer questions about the art exhibit they curated that is now on view at Annenberg.

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New Research Uncovers How Synthetic Nicotine Brands Market E-Cigarettes to Young People on Social Media

A study with Annenberg Postdoctoral Fellow Jiaxi Wu found that most ads for e-cigarettes on Instagram, a platform dominated by users under the age of 25, do not adhere to FDA health warning requirements.

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Thomonique Moore Named 2024 Presidential Ph.D. Fellow

Annenberg School doctoral student Thomonique Moore is a recipient of the Penn Presidential Ph.D. Fellowship, which includes three years of funding.

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A New Study Shows That Political Polarization Between Americans Stays Consistent Before and After Elections

Neil Fasching and Yphtach Lelkes of the Polarization Research Lab looked at the U.S. 2022 midterms and found the election didn’t spike political polarization.

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Call for Submissions: 2025 CARGC Fellows Biennial Conference - "Unsettling Global Media and Communication Studies"

CARGC welcomes interdisciplinary and multimodal approaches and contributions from early career scholars across various fields. Submit your proposals by December 15, 2024.

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Youth Participatory Action Communication Research: A Model for Developing Youth-Driven Health Campaigns

Youth participatory research team from the Annenberg School for Communication and Netter Center worked with West Philadelphia high schoolers to develop a health communication campaign encouraging their peers to seek mental health support using TikTok-style videos.

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How Everyday Stress Impacts Cigarette Smoking

Second-year Gabriella Jean worked at the AHA! Lab over the summer on a research project examining the association between everyday life stressors and cigarette smoking.

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A Majority of Americans Can’t Recall Most First Amendment Rights

Most Americans can name only one right guaranteed by the First Amendment, according to the Annenberg Public Policy Center’s 2024 Constitution Day Civics Survey.

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Race, Gender, and the Appeal to Youth in the Harris Campaign

Professor Sarah J. Jackson talks about how the Harris campaign is communicating differently than the Biden, Clinton, and Obama campaigns.