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- Belief in Conspiracy Theories Is a Barrier to Controlling Spread of Covid-19 https://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/belief-in-conspiracy-theories-is-a-barrier-to-controlling-spread-of-covid-19/ 173 comments
- Trust in U.S. Supreme Court Continues to Sink. https://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/trust-in-us-supreme-court-continues-to-sink/ 33 comments law
- ‘Politicians in Robes’: How a Sharp Right Turn Imperiled Trust in the Supreme Court https://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/politicians-in-robes-how-a-sharp-right-turn-imperiled-trust-in-the-supreme-court/ 21 comments politics
- COVID-19 Conspiracy Beliefs Increased Among Users of Conservative and Social Media https://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/covid-19-conspiracy-beliefs-increased-among-users-of-conservative-and-social-media/ 6 comments technology
- Belief in conspiracies about the Covid-19 pandemic increased through the early months of the US outbreak among people who reported being heavy users of conservative and social media. Conservative media included sources like Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, Breitbart News, One America News and Drudge Report. https://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/covid-19-conspiracy-beliefs-increased-among-users-of-conservative-and-social-media/ 413 comments science
- Concerns over infecting others play a greater role in people's willingness to be vaccinated in sparsely populated areas than dense urban ones. Researchers examined people's behavior getting a flu vaccine as well as their future intentions to be vaccinated against the flu and COVID-19. https://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/concerns-over-infecting-others-matter-more-for-vaccination-in-sparsely-populated-areas/ 3 comments science
- Polarizing Tweets by Russian Trolls on Vaccination Targeted Groups in 2016 https://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/in-2016-russian-trolls-twitter-polarizing-vaccination-tweets/ 4 comments politics
- During the 2016 election cycle, politically polarizing tweets by Russian trolls about vaccination included pro- and anti-vaccination messages targeted at people with specific political inclinations by trolls using an assortment of fake persona types. https://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/in-2016-russian-trolls-twitter-polarizing-vaccination-tweets/ 1133 comments science
- Do most Americans believe in human-caused climate change. It depends on how you ask. The researchers found that the proportion of Americans who believe that climate change is human-caused ranged from 50 percent to 71 percent, depending on the question format. https://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/do-most-americans-believe-human-caused-climate-change/ 3 comments science
- Surveys of nearly 2,500 Americans suggest that social media users are more likely to be misinformed about vaccines than users of traditional media. The study found that 20% of respondents were at least somewhat misinformed about vaccines. https://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/vaccine-misinformation-social-media 13 comments science
- Justified and unjustified movie violence evoke different brain responses, suggests first study to show this. Adolescents disapprove of movie violence that is seen as unjustified. But when the violence seems justified, adolescents’ brains appear to find it much more acceptable than when it is not. https://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/justified-movie-violence-unjustified-evoke-different-brain-responses-study-finds 6 comments science
- Slower growth in working memory linked to teen driving crashes, the leading cause of injury and death among 16- to 19-year-olds in US. Working memory, which develops through adolescence into the twenties, is a frontal lobe process associated with complex, moment-to-moment tasks essential to driving. https://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/slower-growth-working-memory-linked-teen-driving-crashes/ 3 comments science
- Do most Americans believe in human-caused climate change. It depends on how you ask. The researchers found that the proportion of Americans who believe that climate change is human-caused ranged from 50 percent to 71 percent, depending on the question format. https://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/do-most-americans-believe-human-caused-climate-change/ 5 comments science
- More youth use cannabis than smoke cigarettes in the United States, but cannabis use among teens does not appear to lead to greater conduct problems. Instead, it’s the other way around: It is adolescents with conduct problems who are more likely to gravitate toward cannabis use, finds new research. https://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/teen-cannabis-use-behavior-problems/ 2275 comments science
- One of the recurring media narratives about the nature of science today is that it is “broken” or “in crisis.” A new analysis of how the media cover science news argues that generalizations about a crisis in science aren’t justified by the available evidence, as published in PNAS. https://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/crisis-or-self-correction 48 comments science
- Americans’ Knowledge of the Branches of Government Is Declining http://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/americans-knowledge-of-the-branches-of-government-is-declining/ 54 comments politics
- Americans know surprisingly little about their government, survey finds http://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/americans-know-surprisingly-little-about-their-government-survey-finds/ 9 comments politics
- For what it's worth, 90% of Native Americans do not find the name "Redskins" to be offensive. http://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/downloads/political_communication/naes/2004_03_redskins_09-24_pr.pdf 3 comments nfl