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Associate Professor of Communication and Founder of the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative Stacy L. Smith was quoted in an article about the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative's latest installment of their annual report, “Inequality in 1,800 Popular Films: Examining Portrayals of Gender, Race/Ethnicity, LGBTQ+ & Characters with Disabilities from 2007 to 2024," which showed that while more than half of the top 100 films in 2024 featured women in lead or co-lead roles, overall onscreen and behind-the-camera inclusion remained largely unchanged across gender, race/ethnicity, LGBTQ+ identity and disability.
Adjunct Lecturer Daniel Schnur was quoted in an article discussing how Kamala Harris’s decision not to run for California governor in 2026 has upended the race, opening the field to a wide range of Democratic and Republican candidates and shifting the contest from one centered on a national figure to a more localized and uncertain battle.
Clinical Professor of Communication Karen North was quoted in an article on an MIT Media Lab study warning that prolonged ChatGPT use may diminish users’ critical thinking and brain engagement, calling it a “cautionary tale” about overreliance on AI for problem-solving.
Associate Professor of Journalism and Communication and Director of the Charlotta Bass Journalism and Justice Lab Allissa V. Richardson wrote an article about the impact of smartphone witnessing as the Latino community documents ICE actions.