November 6, 2009
Neon Tommy, the student-run online news source based at USC Annenberg, released a Nov. 5 investigative article about swine flu deaths in Los Angeles County that unearthed a host of information about the illness and its victims. "In several cases, the families we spoke with said they did not know their relatives had died of swine flu until we told them," the article stated. "In these cases, county officials said the diagnoses had been made after doctors filled out the death certificates, and that it is not the county's responsibility to notify family members."...
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Communication professor Dmitri Williams is uncovering what makes computer games so engrossing...
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USC Annenberg's "Annenberg Agenda" magazine caught up with the Center on Communication Leadership and Policy's Cinny Kennard to talk about issues such as the role of women in communication industries and the future of journalism. "We are studying a group of media conglomerates, including some of the leading digital companies, to assess where women are on the boards of these companies and where women are in the executive management structure of the day-to-day operation of the company," Kennard said...
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Artist and activist Shepard Fairey joined communication professor Sarah Banet-Weiser for a discussion on art, culture and politics at USC Annenberg on Nov. 4. "It’s very easy to get on the Internet and post blogs or comment, but it does not evoke the same reaction as taking it to the streets," Fairey said....
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