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Ashton Yount

Writer, Annenberg School for Communication
Articles from Ashton Yount
Twitter bots may not be as influential as you think
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Twitter bots may not be as influential as you think

A new study from Annenberg School for Communication finds that verified media accounts are more central in the spread of information on Twitter than bots.

Ashton Yount, From Annenberg School for Communication

Annenberg researchers use data science skills for social justice
Two incarcerated people seen from above and behind with their hands handcuffed behind their backs outside in a prison yard.

Annenberg researchers use data science skills for social justice

Data scientists at the Annenberg School for Communication are working with the Amistad Law Project to create an open access dashboard of data that can aid efforts to help the incarcerated communiy.

From Annenberg School for Communication, Ashton Yount

Virtual reality trains public to reverse opioid overdoses
person holding a virtual reality headset to their eyes.

The School of Nursing offers a virtual reality simulation to train responders how to administer Narcan, an overdose-reversing drug. (Pre-pandemic image)

Virtual reality trains public to reverse opioid overdoses

A group of interdisciplinary researchers from Penn and the Philadelphia Department of Public Heath have developed a virtual reality immersive video training aimed to save lives from opioid overdoses.

Ashton Yount

Sarah J. Jackson, Duncan Watts awarded 2020 Andrew Carnegie Fellowships
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2020 Carnegie Fellows Sarah Jackson and Duncan Watts.

Sarah J. Jackson, Duncan Watts awarded 2020 Andrew Carnegie Fellowships

The program supports high-caliber scholarly research in the humanities and social sciences that addresses important and enduring issues confronting our society.