USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

Located in Los Angeles, the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism is a national leader in education and scholarship in the fields of communication, journalism, public diplomacy and public relations. With an enrollment of more than 2,200 students, USC Annenberg offers doctoral, master’s and bachelor’s degree programs, as well as continuing development programs for working professionals across a broad scope of academic inquiry. The school’s comprehensive curriculum emphasizes the core skills of leadership, innovation, service and entrepreneurship and draws upon the resources of a networked university located in the media capital of the world.

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The bluegrass group Della Mae plays at an orphanage in Kyrgyzstan on its State Department-sponsored American Music Abroad tour in 2012. Photo: Paul Rockower

The hidden power of cultural exchanges in countering propaganda and fostering international goodwill

Nicholas J. Cull, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

As the fate of US cultural exchange programs is debated, one foreign policy historian recounts how such programs have made it ‘harder to hate people you really know.’
Social media companies are doing a poor job of telling you who is responsible for the political ads you see. Anna Barclay/Getty Images

Unregulated online political ads pose a threat to democracy

Steven Caplan, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

Political ad transparency – who’s paying for ads and whether candidates stand behind them – is well-regulated for TV and radio. Online, not so much.
Bruce Springsteen performs in Providence, R.I., in January 1985 during the ‘Born in the U.S.A. Tour.’ Stan Grossfeld/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

‘Born in the USA’ cumple 40 años y sigue siendo una de las canciones más incomprendidas de Bruce Springsteen

Diane Winston, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

En 1984, el álbum encabezaba las listas de éxitos y Ronald Reagan, que se presentaba a la reelección, dijo ante un público de Nueva Jersey que él y el Boss compartían el mismo sueño americano. Springsteen discrepó vehementemente.
Bruce Springsteen performs in Providence, R.I., in January 1985 during the ‘Born in the U.S.A. Tour.’ Stan Grossfeld/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

‘Born in the USA’ turns 40 − and still remains one of Bruce Springsteen’s most misunderstood songs

Diane Winston, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

In 1984, the album was atop the charts, and Ronald Reagan, running for reelection, told a New Jersey audience that he and the Boss shared the same American dream. Springsteen vehemently disagreed.
President Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan greet Donald Trump during a reception in August 1983. Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum

Reagan’s great America shining on a hill twisted into Trump’s dark vision of Christian nationalism

Diane Winston, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

Reagan and Trump − two of the most media-savvy Republican presidents − used religion to advance their political visions, but their messages and missions could not be more different.
YouTuber Matthew Smith, who posts under the name DangMattSmith, takes a selfie with fans at VidCon Anaheim in June 2023. Unique Nicole/Getty Images

With the end of the Hollywood writers and actors strikes, the creator economy is the next frontier for organized labor

David Craig, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and Stuart Cunningham, Queensland University of Technology

Even the world’s most successful creators can see their livelihoods threatened by social media companies that routinely change their algorithms and policies with impunity.
Social media regulation – and the future of Section 230 – are top of mind for many in Congress. Pavlo Conchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Beyond Section 230: A pair of social media experts describes how to bring transparency and accountability to the industry

Robert Kozinets, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and Jon Pfeiffer, Pepperdine University

A key piece of federal law, Section 230, has been credited with fostering the internet and allowing misinformation and hate speech to flourish. Here’s how it could be reformed.
TV and movies are one way we understand people and places we’ve never had direct contact with – and maybe never will. iStock / Getty Images Plus

Netflix’s big bet on foreign content and international viewers could upend the global mediascape – and change how people see the world

Paolo Sigismondi, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

An Italian media scholar raised on American TV assesses Netflix’s ambitious strategy to create original productions in Italy, Japan, Brazil and beyond – and distribute them globally.
Many students lack the technology and parental guidance to complete homework remotely during the pandemic. Pollyana Ventura/E+ via Getty Images

How remote learning is making educational inequities worse

Hernán Galperin, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and Stephen Aguilar, University of Southern California

When homes become classrooms, things like a lack of technology and a quiet place to study take an even bigger toll on student achievement, new research finds.

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