The journal Nature interviewed Emilio Ferrara about his research into how fake social media accounts are promoting conspiracy theories ahead of the U.S. election.
Scientific American quoted Sulafa Zidani, doctoral fellow at USC Annenberg, on the political meanings behind various memes.
NBC News Los Angeles affiliate KNBC-TV featured research by Hernan Galperin of USC Annenberg and Stephen Aguilar of USC Rossier on how distance learning has affected low-income families. "Since spring of 2020, what was a long-simmering problem became an emergency," Galperin said. The research was also featured by Telemundo Los Angeles affiliate KVEA-TV.
CBS News Los Angeles affiliate KCBS-TV featured research by Crosstown, a partnership between the USC Annenberg and USC Viterbi, that found homicides in L.A. are up 20% over last year, while the overall crime rate has decreased during the pandemic.
The Hill quoted Dan Schnur on President Trump's October fundraising event in Orange County.
The Los Angeles Times quoted Dan Schnur on why President Trump would make an October campaign stop in California.
The Wall Street Journal featured Karen North on the issues with news aggregation apps. "When we look for any kind of information to be curated for us, we gravitate toward things that already agree with our predetermined notions," she said.
The Wall Street Journal featured Mike Ananny on social media companies deciding to become fact-checkers. "When Facebook and Twitter are in the business of deciding what journalistic content should appear on its networks, they're not a neutral channel," he said.
LAist quoted Hernan Galperin on the lack of broadband internet access in low-income communities.
A test by The Wall Street Journal found that while Facebook Inc. has created new rules to improve discourse on its platfforms, the company often fails to enforce them. Associate Professor of Communication and Journalism, Mike Ananny, is cited.
Wired quoted Morten Bay on Facebook's new rules regarding political advertising.
CNN cited research from the Norman Lear Center examining how immigrants are portrayed on television.