Annenberg Public Policy Center

Opposition to data center construction is rising sharply, survey says

“We find it in places where there is already organized opposition to data centers, [and] where there is not,” says Matthew Levendusky of Annenberg School for Communication, School of Arts & Sciences, and Annenberg Public Policy Center.

The data center industry’s PR blitz is backfiring

According to the Annenberg Public Policy Center, of the 1,320 U.S. adults polled in mid-June through mid-July, 61 percent said they opposed the construction of new data centers in their area.

Rising opposition to data centers is nonpartisan, Penn survey finds

“We asked these folks earlier in the year about their attitudes toward AI and data centers, and while their attitudes about AI generally didn’t really change very much, their attitudes about data centers did quite a bit,” says Matthew Levendusky of the Annenberg School for Communication, School of Arts & Sciences, and Annenberg Public Policy Center.

Surveys find most Americans use AI, but mistrust it

“People can use AI at work and think it saves them time but still think it’s a net negative for society,” says Matthew Levendusky of the Annenberg School for Communication, School of Arts & Sciences, and Annenberg Public Policy Center. “These technologies have all emerged so quickly that none of us have fully unpacked their true costs and benefits.”

Americans are increasingly opposed to data centers, Penn polling finds

"What stands out is the contrast," says Shawn Patterson Jr. of the Annenberg Public Policy Center. Americans’ expectations for how AI will affect the country, and their views toward regulation, are essentially unchanged since March. Over the same period, however, opposition to a data center in their area rose 12 points. That's a dramatic move over a relatively short period of time."

Opposition to local data centers rises sharply, Annenberg survey finds

A new survey by Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center finds that about 3 in 5 U.S. adults oppose the construction of new data centers in their area, while Americans’ broader views of artificial intelligence, however, remain stable.

One surprising thing about The Odyssey—its rating

Gun violence in PG-13 movies exceeded that of R movies by 2012, according to a study from the Annenberg Public Policy Center, and it continued to rise in subsequent years. As less and less distinguished a PG-13 from an R, “the rating issue kind of dissolved,” says Dan Romer of the Annenberg Public Policy Center.

Perez Hilton Is hospitalized after appearing to harm himself on livestream

Dan Romer of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says, “Often when people do self-harm, they are reaching out for help.”

New study explains when some conspiracy beliefs can lead to action

A new study from Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center identifies three characteristics that help determine when conspiracy beliefs are most likely to shape real-world behavior: how certain people are that the belief is true, how personally important they consider it, and whether they see it as “actionable.”

Most Americans are unsure which vaccines the CDC recommends during pregnancy

According to a nationally representative survey of U.S. adults by Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center, most Americans are unaware or unsure of which vaccines the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends during pregnancy. For each of four vaccines the CDC recommends during pregnancy, at least 45% of respondents are not sure whether the CDC recommends it.

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