Communications

DeSantis fighter jet ad conjures 1988 Dukakis tank debacle

A referenced documentary features Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center and her thoughts on the failed Presidential campaign of Michael Dukakis.

As global health threats evolved, the CDC didn’t

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that the CDC fostered a culture of arrogance, overestimating their ability to get things right.

Xiye Bastida, climate-justice advocate, 20

In a profile, rising third-year Xiye Bastida of the College of Arts and Sciences says that she wants to leave a legacy of thriving life, not just survival.

Panelists take issue with government preference for fiber

Christopher Yoo of Penn Carey Law and the Annenberg School for Communication says that advertising around gig speeds is doing tremendous damage to public policy and stifling experimentation.

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Q&A

How ideologically divided is the American public?

The Polarization Research Lab, a new initiative from Annenberg’s Yphtach Lelkes and colleagues at Dartmouth and Stanford, will work to answer that question through surveys and partnerships with community organizations.

Cable news has a more polarizing effect than social media, study finds

A study by Homa Hosseinmardi of the Annenberg School for Communication shows that the TV news audience is being “distilled,” with an overall shrinkage but an increased number of partisans.

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What is it like to be a journalist during the ‘fake news’ era? Not easy

Doctoral student Jeanna Sybert looks at how journalists in the U.S. are dealing with stress and job insecurity as newspapers shutter, wages are cut, and the legitimacy of their field is called into question.

Don’t be too quick to blame social media for America’s polarization—cable news has a bigger effect, study finds

A study from Homa Hosseinmardi of the Annenberg School for Communication suggests that television, not the web, is the top driver of partisan audience segregation among Americans.

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The importance of protecting privacy in a post-Roe world

Annenberg School for Communication professor Jessa Lingel says the Roe v. Wade reversal sends ripples through the privacy world.

Michael E. Mann is coming for your climate doomism

In a profile, Michael E. Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the country is on the verge of truly meaningful climate action on the policy front.

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