On Tuesday the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trades met to discuss the need for regulation to protect consumers from the risks associated with online gambling. Dan Romer, director of APPC’s Adolescent Communication Institution, shared research findings from the National Annenberg Survey of Youth on the adverse effects of gambling on
Events
Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics Co-Sponsors Historic Debate
The Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics co-sponsored a debate on Oct. 18 at the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia to mark the 20th anniversary of the Temple American Inn of Court. A British team from Gray’s Inn, London, was challenged to an Oxford-style debate on “This House Believes the Declaration of Independence Was an Illegal
APPC launches seminar series on the neuroscience of communication
Dr. Uri Hasson, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Princeton University, delivered the first seminar in the series, “Face to Face, Brain to Brain: Exploring the Mechanisms of Dyadic Social Interactions,” on Tuesday, October 4, 2011. The seminar was held in APPC’s atrium before an audience of graduate students and scholars. Seminar abstract: Cognitive neuroscience experiments typically isolate
Kathleen Hall Jamieson moderates panel on civic education at ABA annual convention
Annenberg Public Policy Center Director Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D., moderated a panel August 6 during the American Bar Association convention in Toronto, Canada titled “A Conversation on Civic Education in the Nation’s Schools.” The panelists were U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. Justice O’Connor delivered the 2008 Leonore Annenberg
Webcasts of democracy forum featuring Kathleen Hall Jamieson now available online
On March 4, APPC Director Kathleen Hall Jamieson
APPC’s Ken Winneg serves as judge in Philadelphia National History Day contest
Today APPC’s Ken Winneg, Managing Director of Survey Research,
ACASC Fellows Spring Colloquium: Dr. Vikki Sara Katz
On Monday, February 22, APPC’s Annenberg Center for the Advanced Study in Communication (ACASC) held its Spring Youth and Media Colloquium, featuring Vikki Sara Katz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Communication at Rutgers University. Dr. Katz’s talk — “What children’s media brokering can teach us about digital divides and health disparities: A view from an immigrant community” — drew from data collected
Electing the President, 2008, now available
Since 1992 the Annenberg Public Policy Center has held presidential election debriefings gathering top Republican and Democratic campaign strategists to offer their insights following Election Day. Now APPC has released Electing the President, 2008 (Penn Press), its third debriefing book sharing insider analysis captured at the event. Unlike earlier books, a DVD featuring selected video is
APPC Hosts Focus Group of Philadelphia-Area Voters
On November 30, APPC hosted a focus group of 11 voters from the Philadelphia area moderated by veteran pollster Peter Hart. During the two-hour discussion the group members – a mix of Republican, Democratic and independent voters – expressed concerns over the economy and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, among other issues facing the
Opening and Dedication of the Annenberg Public Policy Center
The Annenberg Public Policy Center’s new home on 36th Street adjacent to the Annenberg School for Communication was officially opened at a November 4 ceremony featuring Center Director Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Annenberg School Dean Michael X. Delli Carpini and University President Amy Gutmann. President Gutmann unveiled portraits of the Center’s founders, Ambassadors Walter and Leonore