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A Major NIH Grant Will Help Researchers Study Messaging About Risks of Tobacco Products
The NIH and FDA have awarded $9.6 million to Annenberg School for Communication researchers to study health communication messaging about varying risks of tobacco products.
A New Tool Shows Few Elected Officials Spend Their Time Creating Conflict and It’s a Problem for Democracy
Americans of both parties are increasingly concerned about democratic backsliding and a loss of trust in our institutions. For the...
The Politics of Entertainment Media: How "The Apprentice" Helped Trump in 2016
A new study by APPC's Shawn Patterson Jr. and Annenberg alum Eunji Kim found that the image Donald Trump cultivated on the popular reality show increased his vote share in the 2016 Republican primary.
Study Reveals Impact of Concern About Misinformation on Americans’ Media Consumption Habits
A new study from Annenberg researchers evaluates whether perceiving misinformation as a threat influences how partisan Americans’ media consumption is.
Annenberg Public Policy Center Report Finds ‘Withering of Public Confidence in the Courts’
A new APPC report found that Americans’ trust and confidence in the judicial branch has fallen 25% over the last two decades.
New Survey Shows Majority of Americans Believe at Least One Supreme Court Justice Should be Investigated for Ethical Lapses
Research from the the Polarization Research Lab finds that Americans overwhelmingly agree that the U.S. Supreme Court should not have more power.
Duncan Watts and CSSLab’s New Media Bias Detector
Researchers at the Computational Social Science Lab have developed the Media Bias Detector, which uses artificial intelligence to analyze news articles, examining factors like tone, partisan lean, and fact selection.
Five Takeaways From the Biden-Trump Debate
Annenberg Public Policy Center Director Kathleen Hall Jamieson discusses the Annenberg Debate Reform Working Group along with some thoughts on last week’s presidential debate
Polarization Research Lab’s Path to 2024 Series Highlights Realities of American Attitudes
Focusing on corporate political action, AI, immigration, and more, the Polarization Research Lab aims to dispel myths about partisan beliefs.
What Public Discourse Gets Wrong About Misinformation Online
A new study from the Computational Social Science Lab shows that while online misinformation exists, it isn’t as pervasive as pundits and the press suggest.
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