Ads in the Alaska Senate race are trading competing claims about former Rep. Mary Peltola’s votes on military pay raises. www.factcheck.org/2026/07/alas...

#AAPOR Award Spotlight: Congratulations to the Annenberg Science and Public Health (ASAPH) Survey at @appc.upenn.edu, recipient of the 2026 AAPOR Policy Impact Award! Since 2021, the survey has provided rigorous insights into what the public knows, believes & trusts about science and health.

During this week's NATO summit in Turkey, President Donald Trump once again raised the issue of the U.S. taking control of Greenland. In January, we wrote about the issue and the president's claims at that time. www.factcheck.org/2026/01/trum...

Our ASAPH health and science survey team is honored to have received this recognition from @aapor.bsky.social! cc: @upenn.edu @asc.upenn.edu

🎉We're thrilled to welcome Dolores Albarracín as our new director, succeeding founding director Kathleen Hall Jamieson. A social psychologist, Albarracín is a @upenn.edu PIK Professor with appointments at @asc.upenn.edu & @sas.upenn.edu. Jamieson will continue research at APPC as director emerita.

"there’s 'a rhetoric of science in crisis', rather than an actual one — and that it’s nothing new." see www.scientificamerican.com/article/peop... and www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

We're thrilled to welcome Penn PIK professor Dolores Albarracín as director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center! A social psychologist, @dalbarra.bsky.social has appointments at @asc.upenn.edu and in psychology at @sas.upenn.edu. Read more: www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/penn-profess...

Trump’s Unsupported Claims About Reflecting Pool Vandalism www.factcheck.org/2026/06/trum...

Trump’s Unsupported Claims About Reflection Pool Vandalism www.factcheck.org/2026/06/trum...

No Evidence for Trump’s Right to Try Claim www.factcheck.org/2026/06/no-e...

No Evidence for Trump’s Right to Try Claim www.factcheck.org/2026/06/no-e...

New research shows jury service and civic education boost public understanding — and opinion — of courts. (@appc.upenn.edu and Judicature) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260616-top...

New! We have an opening for a deputy director at the Annenberg Public Policy Center. It's ideal for somebody passionate about organizing a research agenda and contributing to policy efforts. Check out the details below and come join us at @upenn.edu! wd1.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recrui...

Self-identified supporters of the MAHA movement are more likely to oppose than favor adding fluoride to their community’s drinking water. Among those who don't support MAHA, most would favor rather than oppose fluoridation. (@appc.upenn.edu) More via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260614

A new study by the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that jury service is linked to better attitudes toward the courts, but that jury trials in the U.S. are vanishing:

President Donald Trump waded into the contentious “right to repair” your own auto debate, but he recounted a wildly inaccurate anecdote to bolster his support for consumers. www.factcheck.org/2026/06/trum...

New! We have an opening for a deputy director at the Annenberg Public Policy Center. It's ideal for somebody passionate about organizing a research agenda and contributing to policy efforts. Check out the details below and come join us at @upenn.edu! wd1.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recrui...

Trump Exaggerates Previous Spending on Reflecting Pool www.factcheck.org/2026/06/trum...

Only 11% of those who are NOT MAHA support ending fluoride in the water. Only 26% of MAHA support use. Also... Only 1% (again, ONE❗) of the NOT MAHA have "great confidence" in RFK Jr. 91% not confident (and 72% not confident at all). This the grifter gonna restore trust? Sigh.

Our new survey finds that 43% of US adults favor the use of fluoride in drinking water, 26% oppose it, & 30% neither favor nor oppose it. MAHA supporters are notably more skeptical about fluoride. www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/americans-sp...

FactChecking Trump’s Contentious ‘Meet the Press’ Interview www.factcheck.org/2026/06/fact...

FactChecking Trump’s Contentious ‘Meet the Press’ Interview: No Evidence of ‘Rigged’ California Elections www.factcheck.org/2026/06/fact...

Nine out of ten U.S. adults know that how well a person takes care of their health before pregnancy can affect their infant's health. This number has increased four percentage points from 2025. Read more here: https://bit.ly/43eOI0W.

Although over four out of five (84%) American adults know that smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of birth defects, only 58% know that smoking around a baby can increase the child's risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Read more: https://bit.ly/43eOI0W.

Matthew Levendusky, Professor of Political Science and Communication and Chair in the Institutions of Democracy at the Annenberg Public Policy Center, discusses a new poll conducted by the center that finds Americans are pessimistic about the impact of AI. @upenn.edu @kywnewsradio.bsky.social

Although 68% of Americans know that a vaccine against HPV exists, most are either unsure or incorrectly think there are vaccines against a number of other STIs, including genital herpes, gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, HIV, and Zika. Read more here: https://bit.ly/4usetGU.

PIK Professor Dolores Albarracín and Penn Psychology doctoral student Yubo Zhou studied the relative persuasive impact of messages expressing attitudes, describing behaviors, or combining both:

A Timeline of RFK Jr.’s Mixed Messaging on the Measles Vaccine www.factcheck.org/2026/05/a-ti...

Can we make technology safer and healthier for kids and teens? Do social media and phone bans actually work? Annenberg and @pennsp2.bsky.social Professor @dupatton.bsky.social tackled these questions and more on @whyy.org this week: whyy.org/episodes/the...

📱Can your social media algorithm push you to vote, protest, or volunteer? Dolores Albarracín's new framework maps how online engagement translates to offline civic action—through attitude change, direct prompts to act, and community building. infodem.upenn.edu/research-com...

A new survey from the @appc.upenn.edu finds that only 17% of Americans believe AI will have a positive impact on the United States over the next decade:

Only 35% of Americans know that mpox can be sexually transmitted -- that number drops to 13% for Zika virus. Read more here: https://bit.ly/4usetGU.

Survey Highlights Persistent Uncertainty on STI Vaccines. (@appc.upenn.edu) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260522-top...

Poll highlights Americans’ uneven knowledge of STI prevention & treatment. The findings underscore the need for more education against a backdrop of elevated and rising rates of some STIs, the authors say. Read more: ow.ly/3QuF50Z3cLC

🎓 Annenberg doctoral graduates ahead of today’s ceremony! Congratulations to all of this year’s graduates on reaching such an incredible milestone! You've earned every bit of this celebration! 🎉👏

The data show most Americans are paying attention to AI — “and what they see concerns them,” a researcher said.

🎉Congratulations to our esteemed friends at @appc.upenn.edu on winning the 2026 @aapor.bsky.social Policy Impact Award. The award recognizes the Annenberg Science and Public Health survey, a nationally representative, probability-based panel study. www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/annenberg-he...

👇 Rarely see bipartisan support. Action needed! Many Americans Pessimistic about AI’s Impact – and Want More Regulation www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/americans-pe... via @appc.upenn.edu "The most pessimistic assessments are reserved for mental health and well-being..."

Nearly two-thirds of Americans, 65%, say the government has done “too little” to regulate AI. The support for regulation is bipartisan (@appc.upenn.edu) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260514-top...

Despite widespread awareness of AI – 78% say they have heard at least a moderate amount about it and 67% report using AI at least a few times in the past month – the public outlook on AI’s trajectory is negative. (@appc.upenn.edu) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260514-top...

Americans are broadly pessimistic about AI’s impact. (@appc.upenn.edu) www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/americans-pe...

Republicans Repeat Problematic Estimate of Medication Abortion Harms www.factcheck.org/2026/05/repu...

New posting of a great research opportunity: @falklab.bsky.social is hiring a Civic Science Fellow to develop civically oriented projects on topics like climate & health comms, civic engagement & climate action, and social connection and resilience. Come join us at @upenn.edu! See link below.

A new survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center finds that nearly 7 in 10 Americans say they trust vaccine scientists a moderate or greater amount to act in the best interests of “people like you."

Kennedy Denies the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s Spending Cuts to Medicaid www.factcheck.org/2026/05/kenn...

We won a Webby. Now, we need your help. Leave a comment with your five-word acceptance speech suggestions below!

Providing Context for Leavitt’s Examples of ‘Violent Rhetoric’ www.factcheck.org/2026/04/prov...

Congratulations to @factcheck.org on winning a National Headliner Award for its series on Project 2025!

A nationally representative @appc.upenn.edu survey finds that the American public continues to see scientists working on vaccines in fundamentally similar ways to medical scientists and scientists in general. More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260428-top...

New survey: Vaccine scientists are seen by the public as having the same average level of human and political bias as medical scientists and scientists in general (that is, right in the middle between rarely and often). www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/scientists-e...