Raka Bhattacharyya’s passion for communication ignited when she first realized she could not talk about her intersectional identity with her peers. A qu eer, second-generation daughter of Indian immigrants who was raised between the Bay Area and India, Bhattacharyya felt conditioned to be silent about her authentic self.
“I remember an event at school where you...
Mental health is on the minds of medical professionals, policymakers, parents, and advocates these days. Yet a new study reveals that one area where little has changed for mental health is popular movies.
The new report from Associate Professor of Communication Stacy L. Smith and the USC Annenberg...
Fifteen students travel to Turkey over Spring Break to study Turkish culture and public diplomacy in Ankara, Istanbul and Cappadocia. The trip was co-sponsored by the Master's in Public Diplomacy Program and the Yunus Emre Institute. More information about their trip can be found at...
Long before Research Professor Jefferey Cole became the director of the Center for the Digital Future , he studied history at UCLA. Today, he is forging his own legacy as an expert in technology and emerging media. He serves as an adviser to governments and leading companies...
With his lifelong interest in politics, Alfonso Hedge realized Annenberg’s PhD program would be the perfect place to study how grassroots political organizations use social media.
USC Annenberg has received a $10-million grant from the Annenberg Foundation to launch a capital campaign that will transform the signature spaces in its historic Annenberg School of Communication (ASC) building into dynamic hubs that propel students’ success, further groundbreaking research, and...
For Gen Z, social media is viewed as both a mood and energy regulator. Their cellphone scrolling habits provide entertainment and escape and the idea of prioritizing a specific time slot for audience tune-in is becoming irrelevant.
Interested in Gen Z’s information consumption habits, USC Annenberg’s Center for Public...
@ sweeteaedits and @sweeteaeditsig . For Jill Ofodu these handles on Instagram and TikTok respectively encapsulate her passion as a content creator and video editor that first began in the seventh grade. She curates popular movie and television...
