CNBC spoke with Kate Folb of the Hollywood, Health & Society program about how TV shows are folding coronavirus vaccines into scripts.
Variety cited research from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on the percentage of speaking characters in major films who are Latino.
USA Today featured Karen North on how many social networks are struggling to grow, with the exception of Reddit. "[Reddit] has evolved into a really powerful set of communities where important conversations are happening, despite some questionable groups also thriving in it," she said.
In an essay for Nature, Kate Crawford calls for the regulation of artificial intelligence systems that interpret human emotions. "It is time for legislative protection from unproven uses of these tools in all domains — education, health care, employment and criminal justice," she wrote.
Fast Company ran an excerpt from Kate Crawford's new book, Atlas of AI. "The term artificial intelligence may invoke ideas of algorithms, data, and cloud architectures, but none of that can function without the minerals and resources that build computing’s core components," she wrote.
The Los Angeles Times cited research from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on the scarce number of characters 60 and over in feature films.
The New York Times cited research from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on diversity in Netflix's movies and TV shows.
The Washington Post featured research by Stacy Smith and Katherine Pieper of the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on the poor portrayal of mental health across ViacomCBS programming, including MTV's shows. "There is a significant disconnect between screen storytelling and what's going on in society," Smith said.
The Los Angeles Times quoted Dan Schnur on how Gov. Gavin Newsom's political future is connected to COVID-19 vaccinations. “Every vaccination gets [Newsom] a little bit closer to defeating the recall,” Schnur said.
In an editorial about President Biden's infrastructure proposal, the Los Angeles Times cited research by Hernan Galperin on internet access in California.
KFI-AM 640 featured research by Hernan Galperin on internet access in California, including low-income households still lacking connectivity. "There are still some challenges on the road to digital equity," he said.
CNN featured a column by Sandy Tolan on how attending a baseball game provided a glimpse of life after the pandemic. "Standing there together, as the shadows lengthened on the grass, just our presence at an Arizona baseball diamond was all the promise we needed," he wrote.