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Most Americans Are Unsure Which Vaccines the CDC Recommends During Pregnancy

A new survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that most Americans are unaware or unsure of which vaccines the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends during pregnancy.

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Examining the Important and Changing Landscape of Children’s Media

People who saw “Toy Story” in theaters as children in 1995 may now be taking their own kids to see...

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Annenberg Answers: Understanding the World Cup as a Media Event

Every four years, the FIFA World Cup captures the attention of billions, making it one of the largest and most...

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Annenberg Answers: AI Chatbots and Youth Mental Health

A new study found that nearly one in five American youth aged 12 to 21 reported using AI chatbots for...

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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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Americans Split on Fluoridation; Opposition by MAHA Supporters Notable

A new survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that 43% of U.S. adults favor the use of fluoride in public drinking water.

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Testing AI Against Public Health’s Existing Tools

A new Penn-led randomized controlled trial has found that AI-powered chatbots can make vaccine-hesitant parents more likely to say they...

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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...

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How PA Nonprofit Newsrooms See Their Role in Addressing the Journalism Crisis

Annenberg researchers identified two competing visions of nonprofit news, a restorationist vision and a transformational vision, and calculated the cost of implementing each vision.

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What Makes Messages Persuasive?

PIK Professor Dolores Albarracín and Penn Psychology doctoral student Yubo Zhou studied the relative persuasive impact of messages expressing attitudes, describing behaviors, or combining both.