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Jury Service Boosts Public Trust in Courts, But Fewer Americans Are Serving

As public trust in the U.S. Supreme Court continues to fall, new research from the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC)...

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Insults Get Attention, Not Results, for Some U.S. Lawmakers

A new study offers one of the most comprehensive analyses to date of how and why U.S. legislators deploy personal...

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A Signal Through the Noise: How the Media Bias Detector Is Cutting Through Our Cluttered Media Landscape

“Explorer” isn’t one of Duncan Watts’s many titles, but perhaps it should be. As the Stevens University Professor and the...

Baird Howland
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George Gerbner Postdoctoral Fellow Baird Howland Analyzes the News With AI

Baird Howland arrived at the Annenberg School for Communication five years ago, driven by big questions about the media’s influence...

Diana Mutz
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Diana Mutz Elected National Academy of Sciences Councilor

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

Matthew Levendusky
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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.

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Q&A: In the Archives, A Student Uncovers How Music Shaped Presidential Campaigns

For his honors thesis, Communication major graduate C.H. Henry examined how presidential campaigns have used music to court voters, with guidance from Institute for Public Service Director David Eisenhower.

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Although Public Overwhelmingly Supports Hepatitis B Vaccine for a Newborn, Partisan Differences Exist

On December 5, 2025, the Trump administration’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), whose members were handpicked by Health and...

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At the Annual Annenberg Lecture, Kate Shaw and Chris Hayes Reflect on Capturing Attention in a Changing Political Landscape

Every year, the Annenberg School for Communication and the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania’s annual Annenberg...

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Youth Voter Turnout: Annenberg Expert Unpacks the Issue

Voting in an election helps shape the government to work on their behalf. However, the majority of U.S. youth don’t vote regularly.