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Sam Chan Named 2018-20 Gerbner Fellow

Chan will study the lived experiences of gay and lesbian dating app users in urban China.

• Culture & Media
• Global Communication

Paxton Wins Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence

She is open to change, mindful of student feedback, and considers her classroom a community of learners.

• Culture & Media

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

International Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication

This is a one-year position renewable for a second year based on successful performance.

• Global 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

Washington Post Reporter Ashley Parker (C’05) to Speak at Annenberg’s 2018 Communication Major Graduation

Graduates will hear advice gleaned from smart and interesting people Parker has met as a journalist.

• Media Institutions
• Political Communication

New Book from Annenberg Alumna Traces Evolution of Kids' TV

Jo Holz examines seven decades of children's television through a sociocultural lens.

• Culture & Media

Penn Supports Communication Majors' Honors Thesis Research

Julia Becker, Rebecca Lopez, and Sally Shin received funding for their research through two Penn centers.

Probabilistic Forecasting Can Mislead Voters About Certainty of Election Outcomes

In 2016, probabilistic forecasts left voters thinking the election was far less competitive than it actually was.

• Political Communication