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Pulitzer-Winning Political Cartoonist Collection Donated to Annenberg

From the proliferation of big data to the rapid circulation of information on digital networks to how citizens talk about...

At the Annual Annenberg Lecture, Kate Shaw and Chris Hayes Reflect on Capturing Attention in a Changing Political Landscape

Every year, the Annenberg School for Communication and the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania’s annual Annenberg...

• Political Communication

Youth Voter Turnout: Annenberg Expert Unpacks the Issue

Voting in an election helps shape the government to work on their behalf. However, the majority of U.S. youth don’t vote regularly.

• Political Communication

What Can Mainstream Journalism Learn From Prison Journalism?

In their study of the prison publication News Inside, Annenberg Professor Sarah J. Jackson and doctoral candidate Liz Hallgren find lessons for mainstream news.

• Culture & Media
• Media Institutions
• Technology & Society

Handbook on Sport and Culture: Q&A with Katerina Girginova

Our relationship with sports is changing. Now, with extended reality (XR) technology, we can watch live sporting events from the...

• Culture & Media

Amy Gutmann Honored by Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History

The museum honored Gutmann with the Only in America® Award, “given to Jewish Americans who have made enormous contributions to our world.”

A Scholar Who Listens

From grazing sheep in Irish bogs to the infrastructural hum of parks in Philadelphia, recent Annenberg Gilbert Seldes Multimodal Postdoctoral...

• Technology & Society

Brain Activity Reveals What Makes Persuasive Messages Stick

A new study by the Communication Neuroscience Lab and colleagues reveals that activity in brain regions associated with reward and social processing can predict the effectiveness of messages.

• Technology & Society

A Road Map To Reduce Firearm Harms by 2040

Three Penn faculty members, including PIK Professor Desmond Patton, are among more than 40 experts to author a report addressing the persistent challenge of gun violence and proposing solutions stemming from a JAMA Summit convened last spring.

• Technology & Society

A New Exhibit at Annenberg Explores Philadelphia’s History of Communicating With Ghosts

The exhibit from the Annenberg Extended Reality Lab explores the 19th-century religious movement Spiritualism.