Annenberg Public Policy Center

Heavy exposure to screen entertainment media linked to less use of seatbelts in male adolescents: Findings from the National Annenberg Survey of Youth

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Researchers have long noted that movies and television shows seldom show drivers wearing seatbelts. In an analysis of high school youths’ exposure to such entertainment, APPC researchers Sally Dunlop and Dan Romer found that males with heavy exposure to such programming were less likely to think that their friends and school peers used seatbelts. Furthermore, because what peers do influences young people, it was not surprising that youth with these perceptions were also less likely to use seatbelts themselves. There was no evidence that high school girls, who are also more likely to use seatbelts, were influenced by screen entertainment. These findings suggest that more needs to be done to educate adolescent boys that non-use of seatbelts is not safe even though movie and TV characters seldom use them.

APPC in the News Update: August 26

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Kathleen Hall Jamieson

Ground zero's boundaries evolve in mosque debate (The Associated Press, August 26)

FactCheck.org

Fact Check: No GOP coup of Social Security (The Florida Times-Union, August 22)

What 'Fact-Checking' Means Online (The New York Times Magazine, August 20)

Lie that won't die: Obama is Muslim (The Seattle Times, August 19)

Why Social Security Politics Help Republicans (U.S. News & World Report, August 18)

Obama stumbles as parties get desperate (CNN.com, August 17)

Political attacks thrive online (The Daily Herald [Everett, Wash.], August 15)

APPC in the News Update: August 10

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

FactCheck.org

Lessons from the oil spill (The Chicago Daily Herald)

Farewell to Feingold? (The Weekly Standard, August 9)

New ad quotes McCain admitted to lying in the past (Associated Press, August 6)

W. House: Andy health pitch stays (The New York Post, August 5)

Those attack ads are courtesy of . . . who knows? (The News Tribune, August 5)

Now it's all about winning (The Indianapolis Star, August 2)

FactCheck.org says admin's Andy Griffith ad misleading (The Hill, August 2)

Fact check: Did past presidents deport immigrants to free up jobs? (The Florida Times-Union, August 1)

How to avoid propaganda in search of truth (The Lexington Herald-Leader, July 30)

APPC researchers published in Journal of Sex Research

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Using data from the Annenberg Sex and Media Study, current and former Annenberg Public Policy Center health communication researchers Jennifer A. Manganello, Vani R. Henderson, Amy Jordan, Nicole Trentacoste, Suzanne Martin, Michael Hennessy, and Martin Fishbein have published a paper that compares how teens and trained coders evaluate sexual content in media. "Adolescent Judgment of Sexual Content on Television: Implications for Future Content Analysis Research" appears in the Journal of Sex Research (July 2010).

APPC in the News Update: July 23

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Kathleen Hall Jamieson

How Can Obama Rebound? (The New York Times, July 16)

FactCheck.org

Unchecked video sets off a media storm (The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 22)

What Really Drove The Shirley Sherrod Story? (NPR.org, July 22)

Oil and slime (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 22)

Immigration talks (The Salt Lake Tribune, July 19)

Kirk defends ad attacking Giannoulias on BP (Chicago Tribune, July 12)

The Buzz: The Whitman, Brown air wars continue (The Sacramento Bee, July 12)

Misleading Meg (NationalJournal.com, July 9)

Brown promises to bring fire to governor's race (The San Francisco Chronicle, July 9)

Sunnylands Classroom film honored with CINE Master Series Award

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Yick Wo and the Equal Protection Clause, a documentary on the landmark case Yick Wo v. Hopkins (1886), in which the U.S. Supreme Court held that non-citizens had due process rights under the 14th Amendment, has been honored with a 2010 CINE Master Series Award. The Master Series Award is given to the best film in each category and is the highest honor given by the CINE organization.

Praise for National Annenberg Election Survey book by APPC scholars

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Using data from the 2008 NAES - the largest survey conducted during the presidential election by the academy - the book, The Obama Victory: How Media, Money, and Message Shaped the 2008 Election, provides an in-depth analysis of how Obama won the presidency.

APPC in the News Update: July 9

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Leonore Annenberg Scholarship and School Funds

After a Lifetime of Struggles, Young Woman Soars (NBC Nightly News, July 3)

Kathleen Hall Jamieson

GOP Has Edge in Voter Enthusiasm (U.S. News & World Report, June 30)

Politicians find political wealth in Gulf Oil (The Baltimore Sun, June 26)

FactCheck.org

Democrats counter Whitman attack on Brown's record (The San Francisco Chronicle, July 9)

Will Republicans be their own undoing in November? (The Dallas Morning News, July 7)

Fact check: Obama not involved in loan (The Florida Times-Union, July 4)

Top five bottlenecks in the Gulf oil spill response (The Christian Science Monitor, July 1)

GOP's false talking point: Jones Act crimps cleanup (The Seattle Times, July 1)

Republican report marks health care reform's 90-day anniversary (Politico, June 30)

APPC in the News Update: June 22

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Leonore Annenberg Scholarship and School Funds

"Philadelphia high school student wins scholarship after parents' deaths" (The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 22)

Kathleen Hall Jamieson

"Dissecting the War Metaphors and Messaging in President's Speech" (The Takeaway, June 16)

"Obama Faces 'A Defining Moment' in Oval Office Oil Leak Speech" (PBS NewsHour, June 14)

Dan Romer

"Recent Extreme Teen Athletic Attempt Stirs Debate" (Voice of America, June 16)

FactCheck.org

"Obama and Senate finally dive in on climate and energy bill" (Grist Magazine, June 21)

"Fact Check: Health care benefits not taxable but are reportable" (The Florida Times-Union, June 20)

"Didier: health bill buys shotguns for IRS agents" (The Bellingham Herald, June 18)

"Space launches attack, accused of being deceptive" (The Newark Advocate, June 17)

"Rep. Allen Boyd vulnerable in election despite winning record" (The Tallahassee Democrat, June 13)

News coverage of litigation against Philip Morris helped adolescent smokers learn about the fallacies of “light” cigarettes

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

In a report released online in the journal Tobacco Control, postdoctoral fellow Sally Dunlop and Dan Romer, director of APPC’s Adolescent Health Communication Institute, show how a dramatic increase in newspaper coverage of litigation against Philip Morris for its deceptive advertising for light cigarettes was associated with a decline in misperceptions about the benefits of light cigarettes among young smokers who read newspapers. This result is significant because beliefs about light cigarettes are associated with perceptions of risk from smoking and intentions to quit. The more that young smokers think that light cigarettes are healthier than regular cigarettes, the more likely they are to think that smoking is not risky and that they need not quit smoking.