Oxford has published The Handbook of the Science of Science Communication, the first in a series overseen by the Annenberg Public Policy Center's Science of Science Communication program.
Michael Rozansky
Director of Communications, APPC
Michael Rozansky has worked as an editor, writer and reporter for 30 years. Before joining the Annenberg Public Policy Center as director of communications, he spent more than 20 years at the Philadelphia Inquirer, most recently supervising its arts and entertainment coverage. He has reported on the arts, media, business, politics, national and regulatory issues. Rozansky also developed and taught a class at Temple University on the history and practice of celebrity journalism. He received a bachelor’s degree in English and American literature from Brown University and a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.
Scholars and Editors Propose Authorship Standards for Scientific Journals
In a new report, a group of leading scientists, academics and editors of scientific journals call for greater transparency and uniformity in the way author contributions are presented in science studies.
Pope’s Encyclical Boosted His Credibility on Climate Change, Especially Among Liberals
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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.
Pictorial Warning Labels Deter Smoking a Month After Last Exposure
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What Viewers Learned From the 2016 General Election Presidential Debates
What did viewers of the 2016 general election presidential debates learn about the candidates? A new APPC study analyzes debate learning and the effect of post-debate TV coverage.
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.
The 2017 Cronkite Awards and the State of the News Media
The Cronkite Awards honoring excellence in TV political journalism were presented at the National Press Club, including the Brooks Jackson Prize for Fact-Checking Political Messages, named for the founding director of FactCheck.org.
‘Whoppers’ and Promises: FactCheck.org Reviews Trump’s 100 Days
FactCheck.org has examined President Trump's first 100 days and, in separate stories, recaps Trump's misleading and false statements, and delivers a scorecard on the 28 promises in his "100-day action plan to Make America Great Again."
Can Bill Nye — and More Scientific Facts — Really Save the World?
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