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
Events
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
APPC Hosts First Conference in Its New Building
New Media and Suicide Prevention On August 25-26, the Annenberg Public Policy Center hosted its first conference in its new home on the Penn Campus. The event convened national media and mental health experts to discuss Reporting on Suicide: Recommendations for the Media (2001), consensus recommendations developed by APPC’s Adolescent Communication Institute (ACI) in partnership
On Message: Voter Persuasion in the 2008 Election
Representatives from the Republican National Committee, the Democratic National Committee and several liberal and conservative groups gathered at the Newseum on December 12 to discuss their efforts to influence voters in the 2008 election. Tens of millions of dollars were spent by the political parties and outside groups to try to convince voters to back