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What Behavioral Strategies Motivate Environmental Action?
A collaborative study from researchers affiliated with the Annenberg School for Communication, Annenberg Public Policy Center, and School of Arts & Sciences tested 17 strategies in an ‘intervention tournament.’
Collaborating With Southern Black Grandmothers to Reimagine Scholarship
For an Annenberg School for Communication dissertation, Staci L. Jones and four grandmother co-authors introduce the Kitchen Scholar Framework. Their work embraces knowledge that goes beyond academia.
Generative AI Can Help Doctors Diagnose Patients — But Is it Biased?
A new study by Professor Damon Centola tested if AI tools could help improve medical care without increasing bias.
How To Get People To Share Trustworthy Information Online
As people increasingly use social media to receive news and information, the surge of false, inaccurate, and misleading information online...
Most Americans Support Checks on Presidential Power
A new survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center finds that a strong majority of Americans support the role of the courts and Congress in serving as checks on presidential power.
Do Harm Reduction Interventions for Substance Use Lower or Raise Trust in Government?
A new study by researchers at the Annenberg Public Policy Center and the Social Action Lab explored the relationship between harm reduction policies and citizens’ beliefs about the government in rural U.S. Appalachian and Midwestern counties.
What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice and Change
Vice Dean Emily Falk's first book provides a window into the impacts of the brain’s value, self-relevance, and social relevance systems.
Q&A: Media and Propaganda in an Age of Disinformation
In a new book, Professor Barbie Zelizer, Universidade Católica Portuguesa Professor Nelson Ribeiro, and other communication scholars explore media and propaganda.
Data-Driven, Interactive Map Shows Local Economic Impact of Cuts to Federal Funding for Health Research
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Maryland show that proposed NIH funding cuts lead to an estimated $16 billion in economic loss and 68,000 jobs lost nationwide.
Awareness Grows of Cancer Risk From Alcohol Consumption
A new survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center has found that more than half of Americans are aware that regularly consuming alcohol increases your chances of later developing cancer.
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