May 22, 2017 May 22, 2017 APPC Researchers Present Work at 2017 ICA Conference Researchers from the Annenberg Public Policy Center will present their work this week and next at the 67th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association in San Diego.READ MORE APPC General News
May 19, 2017 May 19, 2017 Conference Examines New Research on the Role of Attitudes 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.READ MORE APPC General News
May 4, 2017 Sarah Gollust, University of Minnesota The Affordable Care Act, Politics, and Media: Evidence of Media Effects and Implications for an Uncertain Future: Sarah Gollust is a professor of Health Policy & Management in the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota, studying the intersections of communication, politics, and health policy. She is also an associate director of the Interdisciplinary Research Leaders, a new Robert Wood Johnson Foundation program. Her talk presents research findings on the effects of Affordable Care Act-related media messaging on public attitudes and behaviors, and discusses the challenges of communicating about this politically-polarized health policy issue.READ MORE APPC Speaker Series (2016-2017)
April 26, 2017 Frank Sesno, George Washington University Unlocking the Power of Questions: A Hidden Skill That Matters More Than Ever: Emmy Award-winning journalist Frank Sesno is Director of the School of Media and Public Affairs at the George Washington University, and author of “Ask More: The Power of Questions to Open Doors, Uncover Solutions, and Spark Change.” His lecture shares keys to asking questions effectively and listening actively, unique insights from some of the world’s best questioners, and lessons from the scientific approach to inquiry, as well as touching on the critical role of inquiry in current events, politics, and the media.READ MORE APPC Speaker Series (2016-2017)
April 20, 2017 Richard Harris, National Public Radio “Rigor Mortis”: Addressing the Problems of Rigor and Reproducibility in Biomedical Research: Award-winning journalist Richard Harris has been a science correspondent at NPR since 1986. He’s covered all areas of science, environment and medicine and has traveled to all seven continents, primarily for his extensive climate change reporting. “Rigor Mortis,” Harris’ first book, explores the many reasons for the increasing concern that many biomedical findings from one lab can’t be reproduced in another. His talk goes through the causes of this issue (including funding pressures, the hyper-competitive environment and questionable incentive structure, and scientific shortcuts), and looks at work being done to make biomedical research a more effective source for new treatments and cures.READ MORE APPC Speaker Series (2016-2017)
March 30, 2017 Ken Bollen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Myths About Measurement, Causality, and Structural Equation Models: Ken Bollen is a professor in the Departments of Psychology & Neuroscience and Sociology at UNC at Chapel Hill, as well as head of the Methods Core and a Fellow at the Carolina Population Center at UNC. His current research is on the development of statistical methodology for the social and behavioral sciences. In his talk, he reviews myths about structural equation models (SEMs) with the goal of clarifying the power and limits of SEMs, which are a common tool used to analyze social, behavioral, marketing, and health data.READ MORE APPC Speaker Series (2016-2017)