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A new class has students use AI to do their homework

Spring 2024 Communications curriculum expands with six new courses covering journalism to AI

Annenberg researchers use data science skills for social justice

Annenberg researchers use data science skills for social justice Incarcerated individuals are five times more likely to be infected by the coronavirus, and they are also more likely to die as a result. The pandemic has ravaged prisons across the country, and with visitation suspended and little or no reporting available about what’s happening inside many loved ones have no concrete information about the health and safety of those incarcerated. Last summer, the combination of the COVID-19 pandemic and the protests against police brutality following the murder of George Floyd sparked a desire in Annenberg School for Communication doctoral candidate Jacob M. Parelman to use his data science skills for social justice.

Delivering the news with humor makes young adults more likely to remember and share

 E-Mail In the early decades of televised news, Americans turned to the stern faces of newsmen like Walter Cronkite, Tom Brokaw, and Dan Rather as trusted sources for news of the important events in America and around the world, delivered with gravitas and measured voices. The rise of comedy-news programs, helmed by the likes of Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, Trevor Noah, and Samantha Bee, raised concerns over the blending of entertainment and news. But could the merging of humor and news actually help inform the public? In fact, new research suggests that humor may help keep people informed about politics. A study from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania and the School of Communication at Ohio State University found that, when compared to non-humorous news clips, viewers are not only more likely to share humorously presented news but are also more likely to remember the content from these segments.