For distracted drivers, actions do indeed speak louder than words. Although large percentages of Americans of all ages say that driving while sending or checking texts or emails is unsafe, unsettling numbers of drivers in all age ranges – especially Millennials – are frequently or always engaged in distracted behavior behind the wheel, according to findings by the USC Annenberg Center for the...
The Internet is a growing platform for change in the political process; users’ faith in the reliability of online information continues to decline; and fewer adults approve of children’s online use, according to the annual study of the impact of online technology on Americans by the USC Annenberg Center for the Digital Future .
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As finals are around the corner and another semester comes to an end, it isn’t often that students can match an instructor’s energy and enthusiasm for a class. In USC Annenberg Professor Robert Hernandez ’s first-of-its-kind Google Glass course, however, class engagement remains high, especially as...
Next year, the Library Foundation of Los Angeles will celebrate the rich — and untold — history of restaurants and food in the City of Angels with “To Live and Dine in L.A.,” an exciting new project led by USC Annenberg Professor Josh Kun . The project will spotlight the Los Angeles Public Library’s vast menu collection....
USC Annenberg study finds little diversity in 2013 top-grossing films.
Diversity can often be just a buzzword or an easily traded form of corporate capital, but it's also an area of intense interest to those studying media and culture. For graduate students pursuing research in the field, there hadn't been a place for serious intellectual discussion of diversity or the sharing of work — until now.
This summer USC Annenberg held the first annual...
New study finds females fill less than a third of speaking roles across six years of film content.