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Social Networks Outsmart Cognitive Biases
In 2010, the New York City-based restaurant Serendipity 3 revealed its $69 hot dog, winning the Guinness World Record for...
Want To Succeed in Academia? Build a Network Beyond Your Co-Authors
Lluís Danús, Sandra González-Bailón, and colleagues analyzed the ‘thank you’ notes in 129,750 political science journal articles and found that informal connections between authors were more predictive of higher productivity and impact than formal connections.
John L. Jackson, Jr., Duncan J. Watts, and Michael E. Mann Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
The Annenberg scholars are being honored for their contributions to the social, behavioral, and physical sciences.
Damon Centola Named 2026 Guggenheim Fellow
The Elihu Katz Professor of Communication, Sociology and Engineering is among the 223 people chosen for the Guggenheim’s 101st class of Fellows.
Working in Groups Can Help Republicans and Democrats Agree on Controversial Content Moderation Online
A new study by Professor Damon Centola and alum Douglas Guilbeault explored how content moderators can reach consensus on classifying controversial material online, including inflammatory, offensive, or hateful images.
Generative AI Can Help Doctors Diagnose Patients — But Is it Biased?
A new study by Professor Damon Centola tested if AI tools could help improve medical care without increasing bias.
A New Study Uncovers How Information Spread on Facebook in the Lead up to and After the 2020 Election
Professor Sandra González-Bailón and colleagues analyzed the spread of over one billion Facebook posts to reveal how information flowed on the social network.
“Community for Rigor” Initiative Raises the Bar in Scientific Rigor Through Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Professor Damon Centola is a scientific advisor for the Community for Rigor project, which creates educational materials to teach core concepts in scientific rigor.
Studying Wikipedia Browsing Habits To Learn How People Learn
A collaborative team of researchers, including Annenberg Professor David Lydon-Staley, analyzed the information-seeking styles of more than 480,000 people and found that gender and education inequality track different types of knowledge exploration.
Social Scientists Must Address ChatGPT’s Ethical Challenges Before Using It for Research
A new paper by researchers at Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2) and Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication...
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