Media Highlights

KFI-AM
Instagram is testing new feature that hides your likes
May 2, 2019

KFI-AM cited comments by Karen North on whether hiding likes on Instagram will affect how people interact with the platform.

Last
It's not just you, LA's freeways have gotten slower since 2015
May 2, 2019

LAist highlighted research from the Crosstown project, which found traffic on Los Angeles-area freeways has gotten progressively worse over the past several years.

CNN
Instagram is testing hiding your likes
April 30, 2019

CNN quoted Karen North on whether eliminating likes on Instagram will improve people's perceptions of self-worth when comparing themselves to others on social media.

KNBC-TV
If you depend on Amazon reviews before buying something, be careful
April 29, 2019

NBC News Los Angeles affiliate KNBC-TV interviewed Karen North on how sellers are gaming Amazon's review system.

Vox
Facebook almost missed the mobile revolution. It can’t afford to miss the next big thing.
April 29, 2019

Vox quoted Burghardt Tenderich of the Center for Public Relations about the erosion in trust towards tech and web companies over the past several years.

Southern California News Group
Hate speech, or modern politics? New rhetoric revives tradition of all insults, all the time.
April 29, 2019

The Southern California News Group quoted Dan Schnur on the impact of television on political partisanship.

Chicago Tribune
Chicago-area native Aimee Garcia on her new film 'El Chicano' and Latinx representation in movies
April 29, 2019

The Chicago Tribune, via the Los Angeles Times, cited research from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on the underrepresentation of women and minorities in the entertainment industry.

The New York Times
Wait, is that another ad for egg freezing?
April 27, 2019

The New York Times quoted Eunjin Kim about how online advertisers retarget consumers who previously looked for certain products.

Fast Company
Feel like your life is a hamster wheel? Here’s how to get off it
April 25, 2019

Fast Company cited research by Jeffrey Cole of the Center for the Digital Future on the amount of time people spend on their devices each week.

Los Angeles Times
TV shows ‘Bones’ and ‘Criminal Minds’ cross political divides, a new study finds
April 24, 2019

The Los Angeles Times featured new research by Johanna Blakely and colleagues from the Norman Lear Center's Media Impact Project on the correlation between political ideology and television preferences.

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