CCLP post doc was amongst six research teams awarded $185,000 in funding from Microsoft to advance deeper understanding of the advertising and selling of children and the use of technology by "johns" in the child sex trade. Dr. Jennifer Musto, one of the Microsoft grantees, is part of CCLP's research team writing a follow-up report to be released in the fall. To read Microsoft's announcement in full please click here. var addthis_config = {"data_track_addressbar":true};……Continue Reading Microsoft Names Research Grant Recipients in Fight Against Child Sex Trafficking
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The Reagan Legacy and Democracy
Faculty Fellow, Philip Seib, blogs for the Huffington Post about the importance of the Reagan Legacy and Democracy. "If the United States is to make democracy the hallmark of its public diplomacy, Reagan's words, and those of the former policy makers at his library's conference, can provide a valuable foundation for those who seek to build a new political world." Read the blog here. var addthis_config = {"data_track_addressbar":true};……Continue Reading The Reagan Legacy and Democracy
Country for Sale
Senior Fellow Richard Reeves blogs for TruthDig about the sobering reality of the possibility of an impending takeaway election. Is this Country for Sale? Read the article in full here. var addthis_config = {"data_track_addressbar":true};……Continue Reading Country for Sale
Latonero and Sinnreich present “configurable” culture research at ICA conference
On May 26, Research Director Mark Latonero and Professor Aram Sinnreich (Rutgers University) presented "Nowadays It's Like Remix World": The Hidden Demography of New Media Ethics at the International Communication Association conference in Phoenix, AZ. The paper was a part of the panel "Participatory, Promotional Cultures: 'Sharing' and Self-Representation in the Contemporary Media Moment." CCLP funded this project as a part of its Technology & Social Change initiative. The paper examines the explosion of new "configurable" cultural forms and practices, such as mashups, remixes and machinima, enabled by rapidly changing global digital network technologies. While these new cultural forms, which……Continue Reading Latonero and Sinnreich present “configurable” culture research at ICA conference
Latonero quoted on Anderson Cooper
Research Director Mark Latonero is quoted regarding Backpage advertisements on Anderson Cooper. Watch here. Tweet !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");……Continue Reading Latonero quoted on Anderson Cooper
Curtin and Hughes’ digital outreach team grows
Senior fellow Jeremy Curtin and Karen Hughes' Digital Outreach Team grows into the operation described here. Tweet !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");……Continue Reading Curtin and Hughes’ digital outreach team grows
Ford Foundation grant signals shift away from public broadcasting
The Ford Foundation, which for decades funded much of public broadcasting, last week shifted its media grantmaking to a different medium – newspapers. The Los Angeles Times announced the $1 million grant, which according to the Times will pay for reporters to cover "Vietnamese, Korean and other immigrant communities, the California prison system, the border region and Brazil." The Times story noted that the new Brazil-based reporter will be the newspaper's first full-time correspondent in Latin America in "several years." Until now, the Ford Foundation has been more closely associated with public radio and television. Ford used to give National……Continue Reading Ford Foundation grant signals shift away from public broadcasting
CCLP forum showcases innovations in public media
Top public media executives and producers gathered in Los Angeles on April 28 to discuss the future of public media by highlighting success stories and exploring ways in which public media could incorporate innovative programming and new approaches to sustainable funding. USC Annenberg Dean Ernest J. Wilson, former chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, opened the forum off with the warning: "We either innovate or die. That's just the bottom line." The subsequent dialogue centered on the themes of multiplatform news coverage, collaboration, and extending the reach of public media by targeting diverse communities in the local market. The……Continue Reading CCLP forum showcases innovations in public media
VIDEO – Public Media Futures Los Angeles Forum
Public Media Futures Los Angeles Forum USC Annenberg’s Center on Communication Leadership & Policy, in partnership with American University’s School of Communication presented a forum on the future of public media in an era of shrinking government support. The conversation focused on innovations in programming and new models for sustainable funding. Participants included top executives and programmers, including Bill Davis, president and CEO, KPCC/Southern California Public Radio; Al Jerome, president and CEO, KCET; Ed Miskevich, station manager, KOCE/PBS SoCal; Suzanne Marmion, news and editorial strategy director, KPBS-TV/FM. CCLP senior fellow Adam Clayton Powell III led the conversation together with Mark……Continue Reading VIDEO – Public Media Futures Los Angeles Forum
CCLP hosts USC scholars from across disciplines to discuss human trafficking
On April 19, Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy hosted the 2nd Annual Human Trafficking Research Luncheon for the USC research community. USC faculty from across campus discussed the spectrum of human trafficking research and interdisciplinary perspectives and collaborations. Luncheon attendees heard from Rhacel Parrenas on her most recent book, Illicit Flirtations: Labor, Migration and Sex Trafficking in Tokyo, and from Mark Latonero on his white paper, Human Trafficking Online: The role of social networking sites and online forums. Attendees also discussed the current legal definitions of human trafficking in domestic and international law, the pros and cons of……Continue Reading CCLP hosts USC scholars from across disciplines to discuss human trafficking