The Communication Science division addresses questions at the center of APPC’s mission involving the science of understanding how knowledge, attitudes, and intentions translate into behavior, and when and how communication can increase the likelihood that those changes will occur and will benefit individuals and society at large. Answering these crosscutting questions is necessary to advance public well-being and curb the effects of misinformation, as well as to ensure support for democratic institutions. The division focuses on and anticipates communication-related challenges. The Communication Science division’s research involves experiments, surveys, meta-analysis, big data, and modeling. Its goal is informing science and policy with theoretically driven, evidence-based research.
Do ‘Harm Reduction’ Interventions for Substance Use Lower or Raise Trust in Government?
A paper by APPC and Penn psychologists suggests that harm reduction interventions for substance use increase the public's trust in local government.
