Media Highlights

USA Today
Musk's Twitter tries to recapture the political spotlight post Trump with DeSantis 2024 run
May 23, 2023

USA Today spoke with Adjunct Instructor Dan Schnur about Ron DeSantis’s potential presidential run announcement.

The Hill
Market dips briefly after AI image of fake explosion near Pentagon goes viral
May 22, 2023

The Hill quoted Clinical Professor Karen North about the difficulty verifying the truth of AI images.

Variety
Diversity and inspiration intersect at Variety’s ‘New Gen Voices in Filmmaking’ Panel at the Cannes Film Festival
May 22, 2023

Variety featured Associate Professor of Communication and Founder of the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative Stacy Smith on a panel at the Cannes Film Festival, presented by Adobe, where young directors from Iran, China, and the U.S. talked about what moved them to make movies and how the global filmmaking ecosystem is evolving.

KCBS-AM
LISTEN: How will Twitter’s new CEO affect the company?
May 14, 2023

KCBS-AM spoke with Clinical Professor Karen North about the possible changes to the social media site. 

Fast Company
Get woke and go broke? New data suggests otherwise
May 10, 2023

Fast Company featured research from USC Annenberg about how despite media headlines, consumers, employees and investors value corporate leadership on environmental and social challenges.

New York Times
Anthony Richardson’s N.F.L. draft status is up in the air
April 25, 2023

The New York Times quoted Associate Professor of Sociology and Journalism Ben Carrington about the labeling of Black quarterbacks. 

PBS
Announcement FRONTLINE Wins 5 Walter Cronkite Awards
April 19, 2023

PBS quoted Research Professor of Communication and Journalism and Director of The Norman Lear Center Marty Kaplan about the investigative series, FRONTLINE, winning five 2023 Walter Cronkite Awards for excellence in TV political journalism. 

MSNBC
Unpacking AI: “an exponential disruption” with Kate Crawford: podcast and transcript
April 19, 2023

MSNBC spoke with Research Professor Kate Crawford about the social and political implications of the rise of artificial intelligence. 

Fox News
Misinformation machines? AI chatbots can spew falsehoods, even accuse people of crimes they never committed
April 18, 2023

Fox News spoke with Research Professor Kate Crawford about possible ways AI chatbots can spread misinformation. 

NBC News
Fox could likely survive a nine-figure loss to Dominion, media analysts say
April 17, 2023

NBC News spoke with Professor of Professional Practice of Journalism Gabriel Kahn about the effect of the Dominion Voting Systems’ lawsuit on Fox’s stock.  

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