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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

USC Annenberg hosted a Colloquium on China Media Studies from Dec. 14 to 15, which brought leading scholars from around the world to conduct a comparative assessment of China communication studies from Chinese and Western perspectives, identifying critical gaps and opportunities for a future research agenda

Dr. Lu Ye of Shanghai's Fudan University delivered the inaugural Wellen Sham Distinguished Lecture on Dec. 14, outlining the advancements and issues Chinese communication and media have faced in the last 30 years

USC Annenberg's Center for the Digital Future director Jeffrey Cole told the "Realising Our Broadband Future" forum in Australia that the Internet hurt newspapers but broadband Internet will make them flourish in the future

"Brace for Impact," a one-hour documentary, produced by journalism professor Dan Birman's Daniel H. Birman Productions Inc. and narrated by Harrison Ford, details the remarkable landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River by Captain Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger, III

Dr. Lu Ye of Fudan University will deliver the first inaugural Wellen Sham Distinguished Lecture on Dec. 14, the first event in a series at USC Annenberg in partnership with Fudan that focuses on emerging topics in China communication and media

Dean Ernest J. Wilson III joined a panel of international authors and diplomatic experts at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars on Dec. 7 to discuss China’s expanding economic role on the African continent