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Intervention Video from the Peace and Conflict Neuroscience Lab Wins Stanford University’s Strengthening Democracy Challenge
The video reduced anti-democratic attitudes, support for partisan violence, and partisan animosity among 32,000 Americans.
What Makes Us Share Posts on Social Media?
A new study reveals that we share the social media posts that we think are the most relevant to ourselves or to our friends and family.
Child Care Gig Workers Are Getting Scammed. Why Aren’t the Platforms Where Scammers Lurk Doing More About It?
Professor Julia Ticona spoke to domestic gig workers about the scams they face on the platforms where they find work and how they help one another avoid them.
Which Teens Are More Likely to Vape? Research Shows Surprising Patterns Across Race and Sexuality Groups
A new study aims to examine differences in current e-cigarette use prevalence among US youth at the intersections of sexual orientation with race and ethnicity.
Despite Awareness of COVID-19 Risks, Many Americans Say They’re Back to ‘Normal’
Many Americans know the potential health risks from infection with COVID-19, but growing numbers say they have returned to living their “normal” pre-pandemic lives.
MIC Receives $1 Million Grant To Continue Research on Philadelphia News Media
The “Shift the Narrative Coalition” will focus on changing news narratives around policing, trauma, safety, and crime in Philadelphia.
The Importance of Protecting Privacy in a Post-Roe World
Professor Jessa Lingel says privacy watchdogs are warning Americans who seek abortions that authorities may use their digital data against them.
"Trusted Messengers" Distill Science, Debunk Myths about COVID-19 Vaccine
VaxUpPhillyFamilies engages Philadelphia parents and caregivers as vaccine ambassadors to identify concerns and provide support related to COVID-19 vaccines, increase vaccine uptake, and address social support needs.
Cable News Networks Have Grown More Polarized, Study Finds
An analysis of 10 years of cable TV news reveals a growing partisan gap as networks like Fox and MSNBC have shifted to the right or the left of the political spectrum, especially in their primetime programming.
Survey: 1 in 5 Americans Fear Getting Monkeypox but Many Know Little About It
As Covid-19 cases surge across the United States dominated by a highly transmissible subvariant and worry about Covid persists, some in the public have begun to voice concern about the new health threat of monkeypox, according to a new Annenberg Public Policy Center national survey.
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