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Pro-Tobacco Videos on YouTube Sway Young Adults on E-Cigarettes and Hookahs

While cigarette advertising and marketing have been restricted in one way or another since the ’60s, videos on YouTube are largely unregulated.

• Health Communication

Parents Say Gun Violence in PG-13 Movies Appropriate for Teens 15 and Up

Past studies found that gun violence in PG-13 movies has more than doubled since 1984.

• Culture & Media

Annenberg Presentations at ICA 2018

We've compiled a helpful list of all presentations being given by Annenberg authors.

False Beliefs About MMR Vaccine Found to Influence Acceptance of Zika Vaccine

However, people who believe in the power of science are more likely to use vaccines.

• Health Communication

Crisis or Self-Correction: Rethinking How the Media Cover Science

Science communicators should more accurately convey its investigatory nature and the self-correction process without legitimizing a faulty narrative.

• Media Institutions

Social Media Can Complement Surveys on Public Health Issues

A new study suggests that social media conversations can be used to monitor and predict people’s attitudes and knowledge about Zika.

• Health Communication
• Technology & Society

Jamieson Wins Everett M. Rogers Award From USC Annenberg

The award recognizes Jamieson's pioneering work in fact-checking.

• Political Communication

Annenberg Presentations at NCA 2017

We've compiled a helpful list of all presentations being given by Annenberg authors.

Debunking Study Suggests Ways to Counter Misinformation and Correct ‘Fake News’

Debunking is more effective — and misinformation is less persistent — when an audience develops an explanation for the corrected information.

• Health Communication
• Media Institutions

Jamieson Named a Shorenstein Fellow at Harvard for Fall 2017

She will explore the role of the press in reinforcing norms of democratic discourse.

• Political Communication