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Mapping Media Bias: How AI Powers the Computational Social Science Lab’s Media Bias Detector
The CSSLab’s Media Bias Detector empowers users to analyze bias in major news outlets, not just based on the outlets’ political leaning, but on the topics they choose to cover.
Syphilis Cases Are Rising, But Many People Don’t Know Symptoms
A recent survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that less than a third of Americans could name syphilis signs and symptoms.
Association Found Between Media Diet and Science-Consistent Beliefs About Climate Change
A recent study from the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that people who consume far-right media were less likely to believe in human-caused climate change, while those who read centrist and science media were more likely to believe in it and support a carbon tax.
Mapping How People Get Their (Political) News
New data visualizations from the Computational Social Science Lab show how Americans consume news.
Reexamining Misinformation: How Unflagged, Factual Content Drives Vaccine Hesitancy
Research from the Computational Social Science Lab finds that factual, vaccine-skeptical content on Facebook has a greater overall effect than “fake news,” discouraging millions from the COVID-19 shot.
Recommendations of APPC Working Group May Be Implemented in 2024 Presidential Debates
If current plans are carried out, three of the Annenberg Public Policy Center's Debate Reform Working Group recommendations to increase the value and viewership of presidential debates will be implemented in 2024.
Abortion, Not Inflation, Directly Affected Congressional Voting in 2022
Contrary to the conventional wisdom that Americans are “pocketbook voters,” views on abortion and the Supreme Court are more likely to sway voters today.
No Vacations, No Sleep, but Good Journalism: What It’s Like To Start a Nonprofit Newsroom
A new study explores the working conditions of journalists who leave commercial journalism to start digital-first nonprofit news outlets.
Largest Quantitative Synthesis to Date Reveals What Predicts Human Behavior and How to Change It
Prof. Dolores Albarracín and her team dug through years of research on the science behind behavior change to determine the best ways to promote changes in behavior.
Collaborating to Advance Health Communication
As a generation of pioneering scholars retired, several new hires are working together to continue Annenberg’s legacy as a leader in Health Communication.
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