USC Annenberg doctoral students will be in Washington, D.C. this weekend for the International Communication Association conference. Over 40 current students (as well as faculty and alumni) will present their work at the annual gathering of communication scholars.

A full conference program can be found...

Traci Gillig will be earning her Ph.D. in communication from USC Annenberg at Friday’s commencement, but she won’t have long to celebrate. She’s already been hired as an assistant professor of communication at Washington State University.

Soledad Altrudi (Third Year), Frances Corry (Third Year), MC Forelle (ABD), & Andrea Alarcon (Third Year) presented their joint paper on Sociotechnical Imaginaries at the Critical Mediations conference.

Jeeyun (Sophia) Baik (Third Year)

Presented her paper, “When People Speak Out Unpopular Opinions: Network Centrality,...

The issue of federal “net neutrality” — requiring internet providers to allow high-speed access to all content, rather than favoring their own content — remains one of the most hotly debated questions in the world of communications policy. But what about those communities that are still struggling to gain access to the internet at all?

With another holiday season upon us, lots of eager fingers will be unwrapping the latest mass-market technological marvel: a smart speaker system. The number of homes in the United States with an Amazon Echo, Google Home or other such device reached 50 million this year, according to an August report by the research group CIRP. As people interact more and more with these digital assistants, what effect will that have on how we interact with each other?

Dr. Sangita Shresthova is Director of Research for USC Annenberg’s Civic Paths , a group she co-founded with Professor Henry Jenkins . In fact, Jenkins was a major factor in developing Shresthova’s career and...

USC Annenberg doctoral students will be in Salt Lake City this weekend for the National Communication Association conference . Over 20 current students (as well as faculty and alumni) will present their work at the annual gathering of communication scholars.

The Annenberg School of Communication will...