The Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) is a center for the study of

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at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. It has offices in

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and

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, where the

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is located.

Activities

The Annenberg Center is a political advocacy group that owns

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. The Annenberg Center conducts

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, convenes panels of experts, hosts

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s and conferences, and publishes reports on five main areas: Political communication, information and society, media and children, health communication, and adolescent risk. The APPC was established in 1993 by

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and

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and its ongoing funding comes from an endowment established for it at that time by the Annenberg Foundation. In 2009, it had a staff of 54 people. Architect

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designed the Center's facilities.

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* {{Authority control 1993 establishments in Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania Educational institutions established in 1993 Fumihiko Maki buildings University of Pennsylvania