Media Highlights
Karen North spoke with KPCC-FM's AirTalk about the recent trend of people quitting social media. "We're prone to social comparison," she said. "We look at social media and we think, 'Oh, well, we're not as good as the people we're looking at.'"
The New York Times spoke with Allissa Richardson about why the public no longer needs to be constantly exposed to videos of acts of racism or police brutality. "They belong in the realm of the families and juries," she said. "How many times do people need to see the same thing reiterated?"
NBC News cited research from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on the percentage of Latino main characters in Netflix television shows and movies.
The Los Angeles Times quoted Karen North on the unrest in Huntington Beach sparked by a viral TikTok post. "People want to be a part of that moment," she said. "They want to be able to say, ‘I was there when that happened.’”
Christina Bellantoni appeared on KPCC-FM's Take Two to discuss the next steps if Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is named ambassador to India. "The city council is empowered to appoint an interim mayor," she said. "You don't need to have a special election immediately."
USA Today quoted Karen North on Facebook and Instagram allowing its users to hide likes on their posts. "I’m curious to see how many people would completely turn off the likes and remove that part of social experience," she said.
Variety cited research by Stacy Smith and the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on Asian and Pacific Islander representation in Hollywood.
The Los Angeles Daily News featured an op-ed by Dan Schnur on who should be the next mayor of Los Angeles. "How many members of the Los Angeles City Council are looking in their own mirrors these days and gazing upon the city's next mayor?" he wrote.
NBC News featured research by Stacy Smith and the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on Asian and Pacific Islander representation in Hollywood. "These findings offer more evidence that the epidemic of invisibility continues to persist and with serious consequences," she said.
The Washington Post quoted Jeff Cole on Patrick Soon-Shiong's efforts to save the Los Angeles Times. “Patrick saved the Los Angeles Times,” Cole said. “He is going to need to spend a lot more to make it great.”
KCBS-TV spoke with Karen North about how online activities can be tracked by companies via pixels embedded in emails. "What all of these companies want is data so they can figure out who we are," she said.
USA Today featured research by Stacy Smith and the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on Asian and Pacific Islander representation in Hollywood. "Much of the storytelling prevalence and portrayal of the API community can contribute to norms, perceptions, beliefs and attitudes that are not only biased and prejudicial but could lead to societal harm," she said.