Communications

A survey by Joseph Turow of the Annenberg School for Communication and colleagues finds that most Americans don’t understand how online devices and services track users.

Joseph Turow of the Annenberg School for Communication says that consumer voices can be used to reveal a wealth of knowledge to companies, including height, weight, ethnicity, personality traits, and possible health issues.

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that conspiracy theories about influential global leaders aren’t new but that scrutiny of the Davos forum and its chairman, Klaus Schwab, intensified during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to the Annenberg Public Policy Center’s factcheck.org, Republican claims that Nancy Pelosi was to blame for the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot are unsubstantiated.

A co-authored study by Dan Romer of the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that acts of gun violence in PG-13 movies have nearly tripled in the 30 years since the rating was introduced.

Dan Romer of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that media repetition of the holiday suicide myth may be well-intentioned but can actually be harmful to people in crisis.

A report from Dan Romer of the Annenberg Public Policy Center and colleagues demonstrates that rates of suicide actually decrease during the holidays.

A paper by Dan Romer of the Annenberg Public Policy Center found a seasonal pattern to teen suicide rates that seems to coincide with the school year, declining in the summer months.