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How the Annenberg School connected all the dots for Naima Small
Naima Small in a tulip garden.

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How the Annenberg School connected all the dots for Naima Small

The Class of 2025 communications major was drawn to studying social media and culture, how gender is portrayed online, and the role of technology in perpetuating bias. “I loved how Annenberg enabled me to not only see the diversity of ways I could use my degree, but also learn from people who had much different academic interests than me.”

From Annenberg School for Communication

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What behavioral strategies motivate environmental action?
Drawing of people in park.

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What behavioral strategies motivate environmental action?

A collaborative study from researchers affiliated with the Annenberg School for Communication, Annenberg Public Policy Center, and School of Arts & Sciences tested 17 strategies in an “intervention tournament.”

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Generative AI can help doctors diagnose patients—but is it biased?

Generative AI can help doctors diagnose patients—but is it biased?

A new study by Annnenberg School for Communication professor Damon Centola tests if AI tools could help improve medical care without increasing bias. The findings suggest that “AI can meaningfully augment physician decision-making without introducing inequities in clinical decisions,” Centola says.

Melding loves of ice skating and children’s media
Nick Bausenwein ice skating.

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Melding loves of ice skating and children’s media

Fourth-year communication student Nick Bausenwein took two gap years to skate professionally with a touring show, competed with the Penn Figure Skating Club, and wrote a thesis on children’s perceptions of film character meet-and-greets.

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Convergence and consensus

Convergence and consensus

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that claims of convergent evidence honor science’s norms of critique and correction by inviting discussion of the extent of existing knowledge and the multiple ways in which it was developed.

‘Media and Propaganda in an Age of Disinformation’

‘Media and Propaganda in an Age of Disinformation’

In a new book, Annenberg School for Communication professor Barbie Zelizer and other communication scholars explore media and propaganda across borders, topics, and timelines.

From Annenberg School for Communication

2 min. read

News on climate change is more persuasive than expected

News on climate change is more persuasive than expected

In a new paper, Computational Social Science Lab postdoctoral researcher Amir Tohidi and colleagues find that exposure to articles about climate change significantly increases climate change concerns among skeptics.

From Annenberg School for Communication

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Yphtach Lelkes awarded 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship

Yphtach Lelkes awarded 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship

The Annenberg School for Communication associate professor will study how political hostility is shaped in an overloaded information environment. His research focuses on Lelkes the structure, dynamics, and causes of political attitudes, with a particular emphasis on polarization and American politics.

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