Center on Media, Technology, and Democracy

At Penn MEDIATED, we work to better understand the information ecosystem through cutting-edge science, then leverage that research to strengthen the foundations of democracy.

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Explore our catalog of Penn's cutting-edge research on information integrity, media ecosystems, political speech, democratic resilience, and much more.

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Independent research for a stronger democracy.

The Penn Center on Media, Technology and Democracy (Penn MEDIATED) is committed to independent research on the information ecosystem and its impact on democracy.

Our mission is to advance our collective understanding of the information landscape through cutting-edge science—then leverage that research to foster a more informed society and strengthen the foundations of democracy.

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Our 25 affiliated faculty are distinguished by their rigorous empirical and computational research that advances the collective understanding of the information ecosystem.

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