The Penn Center on Media, Technology, and Democracy’s (Penn MEDIATED) 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. We focus on the media organizations and the online platforms, the incentives and the algorithms, that determine which ideas and beliefs spread, and which don’t. Penn MEDIATED’s faculty and scholars are distinguished by their use of emerging technology for data-driven research of the information ecosystem, including novel data collections, large-scale cloud computing, and innovative applications of AI. Penn MEDIATED is also the interdisciplinary hub for media, technology, and democracy scholarship and impact at the University of Pennsylvania, bringing together dozens of scholars across six schools at Penn.
Joined: 2026 / https://infodem.upenn.edu/