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Annenberg Faculty and Alumni Lead Efforts To Understand How Facebook and Instagram Impact Democratic Processes
With unprecedented data access from Meta, five Annenberg faculty and alumni are on a years-long quest to understand how Facebook and Instagram impact voters.
Forums, Dial-Up, and Satire: 1990s Internet in the Global South
A conference held at Annenberg explored “the long 1990s,” a period of media transformation sparked by something called the internet.
Brain Signals Can Predict How Often a News Article Is Shared Online
A new study from the Communication Neuroscience Lab finds that, even across cultures, neural models can reliably predict whether an article is popular on Facebook.
LGBTQ Teens Nearly Twice As Likely To Vape Marijuana As Their Peers
High schoolers who identify as LGBTQ are at greater risk of vaping cannabis than their heterosexual peers, according to research from Professor Andy Tan and colleagues.
Annenberg Virtual Reality ColLABorative and Penn Nursing Awarded Hillman Grant To Study Virtual Reality and Loneliness
Hemodialysis is a life-saving treatment for people experiencing end stage kidney disease. Treatments are typically three times a week and...
Experiencing Record-Breaking Heat Days Affects Perception of Weather Trends
A new study by Professor Dolores Albarracín and Postdoctoral Fellow Timothy Hyde finds that living in an area with record-breaking heat effectively increases perceptions that the weather is getting hotter.
Aging on Screen and on the Page: Changing Depictions of Older People in the Media
A conference held at Annenberg took a deep dive into how gender, age, and aging are portrayed in the media, and the implications for society.
Many Don’t Know Key Facts About U.S. Constitution, Annenberg Civics Study Finds
Many Americans do not know what rights are protected under the First Amendment and a substantial number cannot name all three branches of government, according to the 2023 Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey.
Social Scientists Must Address ChatGPT’s Ethical Challenges Before Using It for Research
A new paper by researchers at Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2) and Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication...
Netflix in Mexico
Undergraduates Teia Hudson and Miraya Gesheva spent the summer working with Annenberg Assistant Professor Juan Llamas-Rodriguez to look at how streaming in Mexico has changed during the past 10 years.
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