This week in "Quoted": Nicholas Cull on whether or not the U.S. Information Agency should be revived to counter Russia's deployment of disinformation and propaganda; Judy Muller on why BuzzFeed News publishing the Trump-Russia dossier was not good for journalism; Marty Kaplan on Donald Trump's uneasy relationship with Hollywood and celebrities, and more.
This week: Media outlets turned to USC Annenberg faculty members for comments on the 2016 election results, from its effect on Hollywood and the game industry, to its implications on the future of news media and the image and brand of the U.S. from around the world—in this installment of “Quoted,” which gathers a selection of the week’s news stories featuring and written by USC Annenberg’s leadership, faculty, staff and others.
Plus: catching up with USC Annenberg's resident "genius," a comeback for a renouned professor and music journalist, misogynist toward Hillary Clinton and how it relates to Hollywood films, and more in this week's “Quoted,” which gathers a selection of the week’s news stories featuring and written by USC Annenberg’s leadership, faculty, staff and others.
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Author Greg Tomlin, who wrote "Murrow’s Cold War: Public Diplomacy for the Kennedy Administration," discussed several key lessons of Edward Murrow’s directorship that remain relevant for students and practitioners of public diplomacy today. The program was moderated by Nick Cull, Professor and Director of the Master of Public Diplomacy program. The event was held in the USC Annenberg Geoffrey...
Inside USC Annenberg's classrooms, students are the ones typically tasked with answering the hard questions. "Five Minutes with..." turns the tables on faculty members by asking them the questions.
Philip Seib is professor of journalism, public diplomacy and international relations at USC Annenberg....
As the Internet continues to grow and evolve, it becomes further intertwined within our daily lives. The Internet's transnational and horizontal nature, however, is at odds with traditional vertical governance structures, making its governance particularly challenging. Increased cooperation involving a multitude of actors and networks will prove key in addressing current and future Internet...
First-year Master’s of Public Diplomacy students headed to Washington, D.C. to mingle and take advice from public diplomacy officials.
"When many students left campus last week for spring break, first-year Master’s of Public Diplomacy students Justin Chapman, Jung-Hwa Kang and Amanda Lester headed to Washington, D.C. for a networking tour of America’s capital.
The trip, which...
In a recent article for History Extra, professor Nicholas Cull wrote about the beloved “Star Wars” movie franchise and what effects it had on American and international audiences when it first premiered in 1977.