Jenova Chen, who went on to become an award-winning game developer who changed the landscape of adult Internet gaming, told his inspiring story at USC Annenberg’s 10th Chinese Internet Research Conference on May 22. He was joined at the conference by Ge Wang, founder of SMULE and creator of groundbreaking iPhone and iPad music apps, and Ting Chen, chairman of the Wikimedia Foundation, which supports and oversees Wikipedia.

* This is the first in a series of dispatches from Cape Town, South Africa, where five USC Annenberg students are working as interns for eight weeks. Journalism professor Erna Smith serves as a faculty advisor for the team, which will work for news publications and a diplomatic organization. *

We have just finished our first week in Cape Town, and what a whirlwind of enculturation it...

USC Annenberg leads collaborative effort that builds on FCC report looking into the shifting information needs of communities

Scholars from Los Angeles and London kicked off the Global Communication 10th Anniversary Celebration at USC Annenberg on May 17 by analyzing the roles global universities — and their students and alumni — should play in the world's development of higher education

USC Annenberg has teamed up with KQED ’s statewide radio service, The California Report, to produce an in-depth series titled “20something” that explores the intimate spaces of young people’s lives.

The series debuts today, with new episodes airing each week for at least seven weeks. The series, which includes Web content produced in...