Annenberg videos

Nov. 23, 2009: Annenberg Research Seminar, a special presentation by the Annenberg Networks Network - James Fowler Join students and faculty for a presentation by James Fowler, associate professor in the Center for Wireless and Population Health Systems at CALIT2 and the political science department at the University of California, San Diego. His topic: "Connected: The surprising power of our social networks and how they shape our lives." From Dr. Fowler: "I present intriguing evidence to ...

Nov. 16, 2009: Annenberg Research Seminar Speaker Series - Joe Saltzman Join students and faculty for a presentation by Joe Saltzman, director of The Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture (IJPC), a project of the Norman Lear Center, and journalism professor at USC Annenberg. His topic: "The image of the gay journalist in popular culture: A brand new field of research for students and faculty alike." There has been virtually no research done on the image of the gay journalist or public ...

Listen to young scholars and regulators from around the world discuss important recent trends in technology and its influence on information policy at the 2008 Annenberg Oxford Summer Instituted, hosted by St. Peter's College, University of Oxford, June 29-July 12, 2008.

USC Annenberg for Prospective Students The undergraduate degrees at USC Annenberg provide a strong foundation for people interested in working in the communication industries: the media, public relations, advertising, strategic corporate and organizational communication, political consulting, higher education, and many more.

Oct. 7, 2009: Annenberg School gets a new name that invests in journalism Recognizing the critically important role journalism plays in a democratic society and USC's role as a leading institution for educating and training journalists, the University of Southern California Board of Trustees has voted to change the name of the USC Annenberg School for Communication to the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism. The change emphasizes the centrality of both the School of ...

Nov. 6, 2006: Annenberg Research Seminar - Dr. Mark Young and Dr. Drew Pinsky Students and faculty came together for a presentation by Dr. Mark Young of the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Dr. Drew Pinsky of the Loveline radio show.

May 15, 2009: USC Annenberg's School of Communication celebrates the achievements of the Class of 2009. Jarl Mohn, president of The Mohn Family Foundation and member of the USC Annenberg Board of Councilors, addresses graduates in communication, communication management, global communication and public diplomacy.

Arianna Huffington delivers the commencement address.

Oct. 26, 2009: Annenberg Research Seminar, a Special Presentation of the ARNIC Speaker Series: Ricardo Ramirez, University of Guelph Join Annenberg students and faculty for a presentation by Ricardo Ramírez, freelance researcher, consultant and adjunct professor at the University of Guelph in Ontario. His talk will focus on issues explored in his new book, Communication for Another Development: Listening Before Telling, co-authored with Wendy Quarry. Development practitioners have long ...

May 15, 2009: USC Annenberg School of Communication Satellite Ceremony honoring candidates for bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in Communication, Communication Management, Global Communication and Public Diplomacy featuring guest speaker Jarl Mohn, Founder, E! Television Networks and new media entrepreneur.

USC Annenberg's School of Journalism and School of Communication celebrate the achievements of the Class of 2008. At the School of Journalism satellite ceremony, USC Annenberg will be honoring candidates for bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism and public relations. At the School of Communication satellite ceremony, USC Annenberg will be honoring candidates for bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in communication, communication management, global communication, and public ...

Jan. 17, 2007 (University of Southern California): Henry Jenkins Presents "YouTube to YouNiversity" Speaker: Henry Jenkins is the founder and director of the Comparative Media Studies Program and the DeFlorz Professor of the Humanities at MIT, and is the author or editor of eleven books. Abstract: For those of you keeping score, the dotcom era has ended. The age of social networks and mobile media has emerged from its ashes. We are no longer talking about a digital revolution, which ...

Jan. 22, 2007: Annenberg Research Seminar: Putting Down Stakes with Dr. Oscar H. Gandy, Jr. Please join students and faculty for a presentation by Oscar H. Gandy, Jr. emeritus professor of communication, University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communication. His topic, "Putting down stakes: Exploring the political economy of property and place in cyberspace." From Dr. Gandy: "Understanding the political economy of the internet requires a comprehensive assessment of all the strategic ...

March 24, 2009: Annenberg Networks Network Theory Seminar: John Arquilla Join students and faculty for a presentation by John Arquilla from the Naval Postgraduate School. His topic: It takes a network: Insights from the war on terror. From Arquilla: In the eighth year of the first great conflict between nations and networks, the nations are finally beginning to realize that only by forming networks of their own have they been able, in some instances, to grapple with their adversaries ...

NYU social sciences professor Craig Calhoun reflects on innovation and a commitment to informing the public through teaching during the the inaugural Dennis F. and Brooks Holt Professorship Lecture in Communication and Public Policy on Feb. 11, 2009.

March 23, 2009: Annenberg Research Seminar - Michael Roloff Join students and faculty for a presentation by Michael Roloff, Communication Studies professor at Northwestern University. His topic: Arguing could improve your relationship but could also make you really sick. From Dr. Roloff: "This presentation will look at my research on interpersonal conflict. Specifically, I will explore the relationship between interpersonal communication conflict, relational well being, and stress/health."...

March 4, 2009: USC Annenberg Series on Sustainable Innovation Join Dean Ernest J. Wilson III for an open forum with Dr. Sidney Harman, chairman and founder of the high-fidelity audio-equipment giant Harman International Industries. Harman was recently named the first Judge Widney Professor of Business at USC, an honor that allows Harman to lecture at various USC schools on topics ranging from how to succeed in the business world to the secrets of longevity. In 2007 he was named Entrepreneur ...

Nov. 2, 2009: Annenberg Research Seminar - Karen Tongson, USC Join students and faculty for a presentation by Karen Tongson, assistant professor of English and gender studies at the USC College of Letters Arts & Sciences. Her topic: "Inland emperors: Sexuality at the end of the suburbs." Excerpted from her forthcoming book, Relocations: Queer Suburban Imaginaries (NYU Press, 2010), Tongson's talk explores the tangled histories of empire and queer sexuality in Southern California's aptly ...

Nov. 9, 2009: Annenberg Research Seminar: Nicole Ardoin Join students and faculty for a presentation by Nicole Ardoin, assistant professor at the school of education and center fellow, Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University. Her topic: "Sense of place and environmental behavior: Communicating and educating for environmental change." From Dr. Ardoin: "As we face increasingly pressing large-scale environmental issues, questions abound around how best to move people to ...

Apr. 12, 2002: Annenberg Colloquium - Thomas Farrell Thomas Farrell visits from Northwestern University to give a presentation.

This video documents the first year of the Wallis Annenberg Initiative for Middle School Teachers, a professional development program funded by the Wallis Annenberg Foundation. Middle school teachers from around the country came to the Institute for Multimedia Literacy to learn multimedia literacy and production skills. The teachers learn new ways to integrate multimedia in their classrooms. They develop multimedia-based lessons to teach their students. iml.usc.edu...

March 25, 2009: USC Annenberg School for Communication presents Food for Thought: Dining with Alumni Special Alumni guests: Paul Vercammen, Janet Janjigian, Vicki Lins, Kent Shocknek, Albert López, and Jed "The Fish" Gould III.

Dec. 4, 2009: Entrepreneurship and the Community Web David Westphal, senior fellow, Center on Communication Leadership & Policy Geneva Overholser, director, Annenberg School of Journalism Dean Ernest J. Wilson III, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism "The Entrepreneurial Life," Jarl Mohn, venture capitalist and founder, E! Entertainment Television "Current Business Landscape," Peter Krasilovsky, vice president and program director, BIA/Kelsey and editor, LocalOnliner. ...

of a contemporary dance piece by Yatkin that reflects and subverts the interaction between individuals and the emotional impact of barriers. Following the presentation, Carola Weil, Annenberg associate dean for planning and strategic initiatives, will moderate a discussion with Yatkin and Annenberg faculty members Sandy Tolan, Josh Kun and Roberto Suro. They will focus on the challenges and opportunities of communicating across boundaries - cultural, disciplinary, and physical - from ...

Sept. 18, 2006: Annenberg Research Seminar - From Ophelia to Ana: Female Adolescence in the New World Students and faculty came together for a presentation by Maria Mastronardi of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Her topic: "From Ophelia to Ana: Female Adolescence in the New World." The presentation traced public discourse about the Pro-Ana community, an Internet-based pariah network whose participants reject traditional, medicalized ideas about eating disorders. Using media ...