May 23, 2017 May 23, 2017 Pope’s Encyclical Boosted His Credibility on Climate Change, Especially Among Liberals Pope Francis’s 2015 encyclical on climate change, “Laudato si’,” sought to leverage the pontiff’s moral authority and draw attention to climate change as a global issue that disproportionately harms the poor. Advocates for climate change mitigation had hoped that that urgent message, coming from the leader of a socially conservative religious institution, would raise concernREAD MORE Science of Science Communication
May 12, 2017 May 12, 2017 Pictorial Warning Labels Deter Smoking a Month After Last Exposure A new study finds that pictorial warnings on cigarette packs can help to curb smoking levels at least 30 days after smokers had daily exposure to them.READ MORE Health Communication
May 10, 2017 May 10, 2017 What Viewers Learned From the 2016 General Election Presidential Debates What did viewers of the 2016 general election presidential debates learn about the candidates? A new APPC study analyzes debate learning and the effect of post-debate TV coverage.READ MORE Political Communication
March 23, 2017 March 23, 2017 Counteracting the Influence of Adolescent Peer Smoking on YouTube Limits on marketing cigarettes may be undercut by user-generated YouTube videos. A study of adolescents finds it’s possible to counteract such pro-tobacco videos with a corrective message.READ MORE Health Communication
March 2, 2017 March 2, 2017 APPC Postdocs Discuss GMO Risk Perceptions and Publication Bias APPC postdoctoral fellows presented their research overseas, speaking on GMOs and risk perceptions at a Society for Risk Analysis forum in Italy and on publication bias at a talk in Germany.READ MORE Science of Science Communication
February 20, 2017 February 20, 2017 Researchers Discuss Public Attitudes Toward Science at AAAS in Boston Researchers from the Annenberg Public Policy Center presented work on public attitudes toward science at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Boston.READ MORE Science of Science Communication