This week Google launched a redesigned Google News, with "a renewed focus on facts," which will prominently feature fact-checking articles from FactCheck.org and other news sources.
Jamieson Joins Paley Center for ‘JFK at 100: TV and the Presidency’
APPC director Kathleen Hall Jamieson joins a panel gathered by the Paley Center for Media and the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation on "JFK at 100: Television and the Presidency."
APPC Researchers Present Work at 2017 ICA Conference
Researchers from the Annenberg Public Policy Center will present their work this week and next at the 67th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association in San Diego.
Conference Examines New Research on the Role of Attitudes
An international contingent of scholars gathered for a two-day conference this week at APPC on the role of attitudes, for the forthcoming second edition of The Handbook of Attitudes.
Annenberg Classroom Documentary “Freedom of the Press” Wins Awards
The Annenberg Classroom documentary on the First Amendment, “Freedom of the Press: New York Times v. United States," has been honored in the Best Shorts Competition and others.
Kathleen Hall Jamieson on JFK and the Press
In "JFK: A Vision for America," a compendium of John F. Kennedy's speeches, Kathleen Hall Jamieson has an essay on how Kennedy used live TV press conferences to explain policy and govern.
Can Bill Nye — and More Scientific Facts — Really Save the World?
"Bill Nye Saves the World," recently debuted on Netflix. In a new article, postdoc Heather Akin asks if more facts are "the kryptonite" that will stop the seeming spread of "anti-science" sentiment.
Cronkite/Jackson Fact-Checking Prize Awarded to Scripps and KUSA-TV
The E. W. Scripps Company and TV station KUSA in Denver have won the 2017 Cronkite/Jackson Prizes for Fact Checking Political Messages, USC's Lear Center and APPC said.
Jamieson Gives Sackler Talk: Minimizing Distortion in Science Communication
In a Sackler Colloquium address, Kathleen Hall Jamieson discussed how science can get distorted as it is communicated and how it can be more faithfully presented.
APPC Postdocs Discuss GMO Risk Perceptions and Publication Bias
APPC postdoctoral fellows presented their research overseas, speaking on GMOs and risk perceptions at a Society for Risk Analysis forum in Italy and on publication bias at a talk in Germany.