The Institute for Diversity and Empowerment at Annenberg (IDEA) organized a conversation about Art Activism and Global Solidarity with guests Rushay Booysen and Nora Rahimian on February 21, 2017 at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.
On Feb. 16, 2017, USC Annenberg's Center for Public Relations and Media, Diversity & Social Change Initiative (MDSCI), along with Humana, hosted "Over Sixty, Underestimated: A Healthy Look at the Silver Screen," a panel discussion on the portrayal of aging in Hollywood films.
Inside the classrooms at USC Annenberg, students are the ones typically tasked with answering the hard hitting questions. "Five Minutes with..." turns the table on faculty and staff to ask them the hard questions.
The Online News Association’s 2017 Women’s Leadership Accelerator took place at USC Annenberg February 5–10. The weeklong forum focused on developing strong leadership skills for women working in digital journalism. In addition to sessions with women leaders in the media industry, participants heard from experts in the Los Angeles media community and worked closely with mentors on their personal projects.
This week in "Quoted": Stacy Smith on the rampant ageism on the silver screen; Gabriel Kahn on how to solve the problem of "fake news" during Donald Trump's presidency; Marty Kaplan on why 2017 may be worse than 2016, and more.
Studies from Humana, USC Annenberg’s Professor Stacy L. Smith highlight ongoing prevalence of ageism in film, perceptions of real-life seniors
New research finds that characters aged 60 and over continue to be under and misrepresented in Hollywood’s most critically acclaimed films. Findings were uncovered through an ongoing partnership between health and well-being company...
Inside the classrooms at USC Annenberg, students are the ones typically tasked with answering the hard hitting questions. "Five Minutes with..." turns the table on faculty and staff to ask them the hard questions.
Whalen Rozelle (Director, eSports, Riot Games) joined Journalism professor and M{2e} co-director Gabriel Kahn, Communication professor, Dmitri Williams, for an in-depth conversation on Feb. 6 about the growth of eSports across linear, social, and digital platforms. The event was part of the M{2e} Spring 2017 Speaker Series: Sports Programming in the Post-TV Era.