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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Seib writes HuffPo article about British Council’s value as cultural “soft power”
Professor Philip Seib, director of the Center on Public Diplomacy, co-wrote a Feb. 29 Huffington Post article about the British Council’s value as cultural “soft power.” “Britain’s own articulate and diverse citizenry gives the British Council a depth of cultural resource that … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Global
Tagged British Council, Center on Public Diplomacy, Huffington Post, Philib Seib, public diplomacy, Soft Power
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Seattle Times project investigating deadly effects of methadone wins 2012 Selden Ring Award
Michael J. Berens and Ken Armstrong of The Seattle Times have been awarded the 2012 Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting, for their three-part series “Methadone and the Politics of Pain.” The $35,000 annual award, which has been presented for … Continue reading
USA Today features “Senti-meter”
USA Today featured the success of the “Senti-meter,” a project that relies on new sophisticated analytics and natural language recognition technologies to gauge positive and negative opinions shared in millions of public tweets. The Senti-meter is a joint project among … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Centers, Entertainment, Published, Quoted
Tagged Academy Awards, Annenberg Innovation Lab, Gabriel Kahn, IBM, Los Angeles Times, Oscars, Senti-meter
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Research study finds that a film can have a measurable impact on audience behavior
As Academy Award voters mark their ballots, researchers at the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center released a study measuring a movie’s power to change the behavior of people who see it. Using an innovative instrument developed by the Lear Center, … Continue reading
Posted in Centers, Entertainment
Tagged Academy Awards, Entertainment, Food Inc., Johanna Blakley, Martin Kaplan, Norman Lear Center
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Professor emeritus Noll writes “Bell Labs Memoirs: Voices of Innovation”
Communication professor emeritus A. Michael Noll wrote a new book titled Bell Labs Memoirs: Voices of Innovation, which is now available from Amazon. “The book is an edited collection of autobiographies of a collection of people, at all levels, who were … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Published
Tagged A. Michael Noll, Bell Labs, Bell Labs Memoirs, books
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‘Hunger in L.A.’ Makes Its Mark at Sundance
By Ryan Gilmour In alumna Nonny de la Peña’s immersive journalism piece “Hunger in Los Angeles,” the participants experience a dramatic incident at a local food bank, where a man collapses in line while awaiting his turn. The project marks … Continue reading
International, U.S. Olympic Heads Speak at USC Annenberg Conference
By Jeremy Rosenberg An overflow crowd of more than 300 people gathered at USC’s Town & Gown on Wednesday evening for back-to-back conversations worthy of the citius, altius, fortius – or, “swifter, higher, stronger” – Olympic motto. The evening’s keynote … Continue reading
Posted in Centers, Entertainment, Events
Tagged Jacques Rogge, Olympics, USC Annenberg Institute of Sports
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Sports broadcasters Al Michaels, Jim Lampley and Jim Nantz visit USC Annenberg class
By Laura Nelson Student Writer It was to be one of the most famous moments in American sports history. But in the heat of the moment, as the clock ran out on the United States-USSR Olympic hockey match, Al Michaels … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Events
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Overholser becomes first person to twice deliver Hays Press-Enterprise Lecture
School of Journalism director Geneva Overholser became the first person to twice deliver the Hays Press-Enterprise Lecture on Feb. 13, saying that the conversation about journalism must be shifted. “All of us who care about the quality of civic debate, … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Future of Media, Quoted
Tagged Geneva Overholser, Hays Press-Enterprise Lecture, Journalism
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HH&S director Sandra de Castro Buffington named to list of 100 Most Influential Hispanics in America
By Russell DeVita Hollywood, Health & Society Director Sandra de Castro Buffington (pictured) was named one of the 100 Most Influential Hispanics in America by Poder Hispanic magazine for her work in helping to improve the health of TV audiences. … Continue reading
Posted in Centers, Entertainment, Health
Tagged Hollywood Health & Society, Sandra de Castro Buffington
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