Kathleen Hall Jamieson is an American Professor of Communication and the director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center

Annenberg Public Policy Center

The Annenberg Public Policy Center is a center for the study of public policy at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. It has offices in Washington, D.C...

 at the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...

. The Annenberg Public Policy Center runs FactCheck

FactCheck

FactCheck.org is a non-partisan, nonprofit website that describes itself as a consumer advocate' for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics." It is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University...

, a nonprofit devoted to examining the factual accuracy of US political campaign advertisements.

The author of over 90 academic articles and 15 books, Jamieson is considered one of the country's leading experts on political advertising and campaigns.

External links

• Annenberg Public Policy Center
• Faculty Bio from the Annenberg School for Communication