KCRW-FM's Greater L.A. featured Dan Schnur on the early Los Angeles election results, including the district attorney race. He was also quoted in the Los Angeles Times on the money poured into two L.A. school board races.
The Christian Science Monitor cited research from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on the percentage of popular songs performed or written by female artists.
KCRW-FM's Greater L.A. featured Roberto Suro on the rise in Latinx voter participation in California over the past several decades, including many who remain Republicans. "Mexican Americans are significantly more conservative on social issues, on law and order, [and] support for the military," he said.
The Washington Post quoted Mike Ananny on faltering fact-checking efforts at Facebook.
The Blue Ridge Muse blog interviewed Diane Winston about how the closing of a historic church is a sign of declining religiosity among U.S. youth. “Many religions just don’t feel relevant to a lot of these young people,” she said.
Business Insider cited research from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on Latino representation in television and film.
The New York Times featured research by Emilio Ferrara on how bots are once again influencing discussions around the upcoming election on Twitter.
ABC News Los Angeles affiliate KABC-TV featured Karen North on the increase in targeted digital ad spending for the 2020 presidential election. "People unfortunately don't realize how vulnerable they are to being manipulated," she said.
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.