President Barack Obama took major action to bolster efforts to combat human trafficking on Tuesday, September 25, 2012. He announced new measures during an address to the Clinton Global Initiative, including an executive order that incorporates key research from USC Annenberg's Center on Communication Leadership & Policy conducted by a team led by research director Mark Latonero…….
Month: September 2012
Report: Internet freedom in peril, ‘glass three-quarters empty’
WASHINGTON – An annual assessment of global Internet freedom has at best mixed news. The 2012 survey, "Freedom on the Net 2012: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media," by Freedom House, finds repressive governments are becoming increasingly clever in their efforts to block messages and content. Full Report: FOTN 2012 FINAL.pdf "Tactics used are becoming more sophisticated and more diverse," Sanja Kelly, Project Director for the Freedom House survey, said at this morning's briefing, and she pointed to a newly popular method that has spread widely among repressive regimes: defamation…….
Webcast: Public Media Futures Forum (San Francisco, CA)
The USC Center for Communication Leadership & Policy proudly presents the fourth in a series of forums on the future of public broadcasting – and the first one in San Francisco – on Thursday morning, September 20, from 8 a.m. to 12 noon PST…….
For Business Leaders (and MBAs), Character Counts
This blog first appeared on the Bloomberg Businessweek website. Robert J. Thomas and I met in early fall of 1999 determined to write a book about how generational differences could impact leadership behavior. Would successful young leaders, 30 years old–raised after the Depression and World War II–hold divergent attitudes and values that would distinguish them from successful leaders 40 to 60 years older? The next three years were an odyssey full of fun, frustration, and surprises: identifying and interviewing terrific leaders in these two age groups who were willing to spend hours with us, videotaping included. We did pretty well……
Special Dallas police unit focuses on saving child prostitutes
The Associated Press quotes director of research Mark Latonero about the process of tracking prostitution online…….
Warren Bennis on Leadership
YouTube: Distinguished fellow Warren Bennis answers the question, "What is the essence of leadership?"……
The Search for Political Money: Is it Time Well Spent?
Senior Fellow Dan Glickman blogs for the Huffington Post on election 2012's hot topics: campaign financing and Super PACs…….
Miami Herald cites Latonero’s CCLP report on human trafficking
Posted on September 5, 2012 by Jessica Zech This blog first appeared on the Inside Annenberg website. The Miami Herald mentioned USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy research director Mark Latonero's report on online human trafficking in an article about Internet ads promoting young prostitutes. Backpage.com has gotten heat for allowing adult ads for underage, trafficked prostitutes on its website. The site maintains that it reviews the ads and alerts the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children of anything suspicious. Despite Backpage's efforts, pimps who place the ads have learned not to use words the website……
WATCH: DNC, Charlotte, NC –Top journalists and digital campaign strategists discuss election 2.0 and Clint Eastwood’s speech going viral
Following our successful panel at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, the USC Center on Communication Leadership and Policy (CCLP) continued their convention programming this week at the Democratic National Convention. The event was held at the Bloomberg link in Charlotte, NC in partnership with Harvard IOP and Bloomberg LP…….
Miami Herald quotes Mark Latonero in latest article on human trafficking online
The Miami Herald quotes director of research Mark Latonero in their latest article, Young prostitutes off the streets and online…….