Annenberg Public Policy Center

APPC in the News Update: March 4

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Kathleen Hall Jamieson

"Fate of Obama healthcare up to Democrats" (Reuters, Feb. 25)

FactCheck.org

"FactCheck.org slams McMahon mailers, says they contain false claims" (The Hartford Courant Capitol Watch Blog, March 2)

W.Va. man defends ads targeting Mollohan, Rahall (The Charleston Gazette, March 2)

"Health summit shows lack of compromise, as expected" (St. Cloud Times, March 1)

"All I want is the truth in our public political discourse" (The Dallas Morning News, Feb. 28)

"Fact Checking the Health Care Summit" (FactCheck.org's Lori Robertson on The Takeway, Feb. 26)

"Health Care Summit Analysis: Closing thoughts" (Washingtonpost.com, Feb. 25)

Dr. Amy Jordan published in Pediatrics

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Amy Jordan, Ph.D., head of APPC's Media and the Developing Child program, Ed Donnerstein, Ph.D., of the University of Arizona, and lead author Victor Strasburger, M.D., of the University of New Mexico, were published today in Pediatrics online. The paper, "Health Effects of Media on Children and Adolescents," will appear in hardcopy in April.

Dr. Amy Jordan Delivers Testimony at Philadelphia City Council Hearings on Obesity Awareness

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

On Wednesday, February 24, Dr. Amy Jordan, head of APPC’s Media and the Developing Child program, provided testimony at Philadelphia City Council hearings on the complex challenges facing Philadelphia in the fight against obesity. The hearings – part of a larger initiative to promote healthy eating and physical activity in the community – aimed to raise awareness about the causes and consequences of obesity and inform policy-makers about ways to address this public health issue successfully. Dr. Jordan’s testimony focused on the relationship between television and other media and obesity in children, highlighting media’s potential role in preventing obesity by increasing children’s exposure to advertisements for healthy foods and activities.

ACASC Fellows Spring Colloquium: Dr. Vikki Sara Katz

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

On Monday, February 22, APPC's Annenberg Center for the Advanced Study in Communication (ASASC) 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 in a multi-method exploration of new immigrant Latino families in South Los Angeles to explore the roles that children play as brokers of language, culture, and media for their non-English-speaking parents.

APPC in the News Update: February 24

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Kathleen Hall Jamieson

"Frustration Nation: The Media's Role in America's Political Divide" (The Takeaway, Feb. 23)

FactCheck.org

New "Just the Facts" looks at chain e-mails (Feb. 23)

"Brown wrongly accuses Pelosi with taking jet" (The Fort Collins Coloradoan, Feb. 22)

FactCheck.org cited on Post Politics Hour (Washingtonpost.com, Feb. 18)

Former Postdoctoral Fellow Sally Dunlop and APPC Associate Director Dan Romer published in Journal of Adolescent Health

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Sally Dunlop, Ph.D., a former postdoctoral fellow in APPC's Annenberg Center for Advanced Study in Communication, and Dan Romer, Ph.D., associate director of APPC and director of its Adolescent Communication Institute, published a health brief, "Adolescent and young adult crash risk: Sensation seeking, substance use propensity and substance use behaviors," in the Journal of Adolescent Health (vol. 46, 2010). The authors use data from the 2007 National Annenberg Survey of Youth to explore factors related to motor vehicle crash risk in youth.

APPC in the News: February 5 to 15

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Kathleen Hall Jamieson

"Obama's challenge: Anger is replacing hope" (Associated Press, Feb. 15)

FactCheck.org

FactCheck.org's vidcast, "Just the Facts," returns!

"E-mail claims 'In God We Trust' removed from dollar coins" (The St. Petersburg Times, Feb. 13)

"Our View: The political secrets of a group with money" (The Bristol Press, Feb. 12)

"2 strikes, one foul, and a hit" (The Sun News, Feb. 11)

"iBusinessreporting promises transparency, but is it just conflicted?" (The Los Angeles Times, Feb. 10)

"Tester denies ad denouncing bank bill" (The Billings Gazette, Feb. 10)

"Mystery swirls around George W. Bush 'Miss me yet?' billboard" (Yahoo! News blog, Feb. 9)

"Healthcare reform backlash: Americans angry over earmarks" (The Christian Science Monitor, Feb. 5)

APPC in the News: Week of February 5

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Kathleen Hall Jamieson

    "Will Obama's new combative engagement spark 'question time?'" (USA Today, Feb. 3)

    "White House Picks Its Bogeyman" (The National Journal, Jan. 30)

FactCheck.org

    "Lawmaker: Climate change just ruse to control population" (The Salt Lake Tribune, Feb. 4)

    "Don't Ask, Don't Tell changes, budget reactions, more" (The Washington Post, Feb. 2)

    "Today in Untrue News: Former Surgeon General Claims U.K. Denies Pacemakers for the Old" (Newsweek, Feb. 2)

APPC Health Communication Scholars Published in AIDS and Behavior

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Michael Hennessy, research analysis manager at the Annenberg Public Policy Center, was lead author of a paper, “Differentiating between precursor and control variables when analyzing reasoned action theoriesm,” co-written with APPC's Amy Bleakley, Martin Fishbein, and Dan Romer, and colleagues Larry Brown (Brown University), Ralph DiClemente and Laura Salazar (Emory University), Robert Valois (University of South Carolina), and Michael P. Carey and Peter A. Vanable (Syracuse University). The paper appears in the the journal AIDS and Behavior (February 2010).

APPC in the News: Week of January 29

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Kathleen Hall Jamieson

“Dissecting the State of the Union” (The Takeaway, Jan. 28)

“Why are Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly touring together?”(The St. Petersburg Times, Jan. 28)

FactCheck.org

“White House defends Obama's court ruling criticism” (Reuters, Jan. 28)

“Fact-checking the State o' the U” (The San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 28)

“Hayworth edges toward 'birther' status” (The Hill, Jan, 27)

“Joseph Farah found his calling in Obama-bashing” (The Los Angeles Times, Jan. 27)

“Money in politics just got a lot worse” (The Nashua Telegraph, Jan. 26)

“After a year in office, Lee is 'a rising star'” (The Buffalo News, Jan. 24)

“Did the Supreme Court Just Save Newspapers?” (Politics Daily, Jan. 23)