January 22, 2010
Annenberg presence felt at new ESPN site
USC Annenberg junior Pedro Moura and 2004 alumnus Arash Markazi both write for ESPN's new Los Angeles-based Web site, ESPNLosAngeles.com
They may not admit it, but female players of a large online game are more hardcore than men or teenagers, according to research by communication professor Dmitri Williams, who found several surprises during his study of 7,000 anonymous players of “EverQuest II.” While 80 percent of players were male, female players spent more time in-world: 29 hours a week, versus 25 for males