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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.

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A Scholar Who Listens

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

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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.

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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.

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The Rage of Tradwives

In a new paper, Dean Sarah Banet-Weiser and doctoral student Sara Reinis analyze popular “tradwife” accounts on Instagram and TikTok.

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Annenberg Answers: Understanding AI Actress Tilly Norwood’s Arrival

Tilly Norwood, the “AI actress” recently making headlines, has sparked debate in the media industry about the future of AI in filmmaking.

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OpenAI, DeepSeek, and Google Vary Widely in Identifying Hate Speech

Doctoral candidate Neil Fasching and Associate Professor Yphtach Lelkes have found dramatic differences in how large language models classify hate speech, with especially large variations for language about certain demographic groups, raising concerns about bias and disproportionate harm.

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What is Real About Human-AI Relationships?

In a new paper, Annenberg doctoral student Arelí Rocha explores how people discuss their relationships with AI chatbots.

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Creating an Atlas of Global Media

Flipping through the pages of Juan Llamas-Rodriguez’s new textbook on global media feels like embarking on a tour of the world’s complex communication landscapes.

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The Media, Inequality, and Change Center Publishes “Is Another AI Possible? Platforms, Political Economies, and Alternatives”

The paper by Anis Rahman explores the political economy of big tech AI.