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Diana Mutz Elected National Academy of Sciences Councilor

Mutz has been elected to a three-year term on the Council.

• Political Communication

Paper Offers Framework for Assessing Trustworthiness of Scientific Research

A multidisciplinary group of scholars from different institutions, including Annenberg Public Policy Center Director Kathleen Hall Jamieson, has proposed a systems-level framework for evaluating the trustworthiness of research findings.

To Save the Media, Ditch Capitalism, a New Study Says

In a new paper, Professor Victor Pickard argues for a more democratic media system.

• Culture & Media
• Media Institutions

What Makes an AI Livestreamer Seem Real?

In a new paper, Associate Professor Jessa Lingel and Visiting Scholar Wanyan Wu examined 15 months of livestreams from AI livestreamer Neuro-sama and proposed a new framework of what makes AI feel authentic.

• Culture & Media
• Technology & Society

Unearthing Memories of Global Solidarity

An exhibition organized by the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication explored decolonial movements of the 60s and 70s.

• Culture & Media

Professor Matthew Levendusky Named Joint Professor at the Annenberg School and the Department of Political Science

In this Q&A, Levendusky reflects on his research and teaching.

• Political Communication

Desmond Upton Patton Named 2026 Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare

Patton is one of nine new fellows recognized for their distinguished accomplishments as scholars and leaders in the field of social work and social welfare.

An Inside Look at the History of Television

Materials in the Annenberg School for Communication Library Archives include thousands of TV scripts, the first issue of TV Guide, and interviews about the early days of HBO—which help to chronicle TV’s 100-year story.

• Media Institutions

100 Years of Television: Annenberg Answers

Annenberg experts share how television has evolved over the last century.

• Culture & Media
• Global Communication
• Technology & Society

5 Things: A Conversation With Spike Lee

Penn’s Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice Award recipient and award-winning filmmaker Spike Lee spoke with professor Heather A. Williams, about the Civil Rights Movement, filmmaking, and more.