The study was commissioned by Sundance Institute and Women In Film Los Angeles and was conducted by Stacy L. Smith, Ph.D., Katherine Pieper, Ph.D. and Marc Choueiti at USC Annenberg.

Senior Lecturer Mary Murphy has been news producer for Entertainment Tonight, a contributing editor for The Los Angeles Times Magazine, and is a frequent contributor to USA Weekend Magazine, The New York Post, The Hollywood Reporter, The TV Guide Network and the It’s So Hollywood website. Below, Murphy spoke with us about...

By Professor and M{2e} Co-Director Gabriel Kahn

There is a common misperception about the state of journalism today. Many focus on the dire headlines of newsroom cutbacks and declining revenues at big, brand-name publications. No question, that’s bad news. But I think it misses the real story. The news business is now attracting large amounts of venture capital. Silicon Valley has...

She will oversee the real time, multi-media operation in Wallis Annenberg Hall.

Communication Professor Dmitri Williams is an expert on the social and economic impacts of new media and video games. Below, Williams spoke with us about this week's record-breaking release of "Grand Theft Auto V" and his work with startup Ninja Metrics .

"Grand Theft...

Taplin weighs in on Apple's Sept. 10 announcement of the iPhone 5S and 5C.

Durbin talked about the team’s wide popularity, the NCAA and about an upcoming major conference organized by the Annenberg Institute of Sports, Media and Society.