Main USC news site published by the University Public Relations office. http://uscnews.usc.edu/ en-us Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:42:21 -0800 http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/two_usc_schools_go_mobile.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/two_usc_schools_go_mobile.html#72673 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:00:57 -0800 More than 350 New York high school students had watched parts of Holocaust survivor Roman Kent’s video testimony about living in Lodz, Poland, when the Germans invaded during World War II. The young Kent, his parents, two older sisters and one younger brother were imprisoned in the Lodz ghetto, where]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/usc_shoah_foundation_institute_launches_iwitness.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/usc_shoah_foundation_institute_launches_iwitness.html#72614 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:41:42 -0800 Last fall, in addition to the traditional classes, the USC School of Cinematic Arts (SCA) launched "Reality Ends Here," a 15-week alternate reality game that stressed collaborative production. The game, which resulted from a cross-divisional committee created by dean Elizabeth M. Daley, was a creative new way for students to]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/post_1.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/post_1.html#72242 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:47:58 -0800 Americans love online technology, but it may come at a cost to their personal and professional lives. A decade of studies by the Center for the Digital Future, a unit at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, creates a portrait of the American Internet user reaping the benefits]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/is_america_at_a_digital_turning_point.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/is_america_at_a_digital_turning_point.html#72026 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:50:57 -0800 A team of seven graduate students is taking a two-week research trip to India while reporting on the country's public diplomacy efforts and posting entries on the India: Inside Out blog. The second-year Master’s in Public Diplomacy students will be in New Delhi and Mumbai from Dec. 10-23 to meet]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/public_diplomacy_students_prepped_for_india_trip.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/public_diplomacy_students_prepped_for_india_trip.html#71889 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:30:51 -0800 Melanie Sill, executive-in-residence at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, has written a paper that argues for a shift to open journalism that embraces the potential of two-way, digital communication to strengthen connections with citizens and consumers. Sill will offer her findings in a panel discussion with Nikki]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/making_a_case_for_open_journalism.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/making_a_case_for_open_journalism.html#71866 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:37:49 -0800 Asher Feldman, editor-in-chief of the Daily Trojan this fall, arrived at his current position by way of an existential crisis. “I was sitting in the press box covering a USC football game my sophomore year for the paper, and something just hit me,” Feldman said. “It was a great game,]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/usc_senior_finds_his_calling.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/usc_senior_finds_his_calling.html#71677 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:03:19 -0800 Classical KUSC took home two first-place national awards at the Los Angeles Press Club’s fourth annual National Entertainment Journalism Awards competition on Nov. 17. Brian Lauritzen, producer and host of Arts Alive, and KUSC program director Gail Eichenthal won best radio feature for “L.A. Phil in Europe,” a piece about]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/kusc_nabs_national_awards.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/arts/kusc_nabs_national_awards.html#71640 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:15:59 -0800 A panel of sports team owners, executives and the Los Angeles Times sports editor spoke candidly about the future of team ownership and new media’s impact on the industry at a USC Annenberg Institute of Sports, Media and Society event held on Nov. 8. The discussion was the third installment]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/how_social_media_have_changed_sports.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/how_social_media_have_changed_sports.html#71565 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:51:09 -0800 Students in an advanced social media class at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism told professor Kathi Inman Berens that they wanted to learn how to develop websites and applications this semester. One month later, they released a useful app called DigiToolSC (digitoolsc.berens.org/) that serves as a guide]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/communication_class_creates_a_digital_app_for_students.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/communication_class_creates_a_digital_app_for_students.html#71474 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:31:06 -0800 Students of the USC Davis School of Gerontology’s Social Media Lab wanted to give older adults a free Internet lesson - they didn’t mean to terrify them. “We were surprised how hesitant a lot of our visitors were about using Facebook,” said faculty adviser Aaron Hagedorn. “It’s appropriate that this]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/senior-friendly_social_media.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/senior-friendly_social_media.html#71342 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:14:26 -0800 http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/knight_luce_fellowship_applications_available.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/knight_luce_fellowship_applications_available.html#71218 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:12:21 -0800 A new book written by USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism assistant professor Paolo Sigismondi examines the unfolding dynamics of global media and entertainment. The Digital Glocalization of Entertainment: New Paradigms in the 21st Century Global Mediascape analyzes the implications of the rise of nonscripted entertainment such as reality]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/inprint/new_book_analyzes_global_media.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/inprint/new_book_analyzes_global_media.html#71043 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:42:04 -0800 USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism professor Jonathan Taplin’s enhanced eBook about the 1960s and ’70s music revolution allows readers to experience the era’s memorable sights and sounds through embedded videos and songs. Outlaw Blues: Adventures in the Counter-Culture Wars features 105 videos throughout its 460 digital pages. It]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/technology_drives_new_ebook_on_americas_musical_past.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/technology_drives_new_ebook_on_americas_musical_past.html#70827 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:43:20 -0800 Ken Auletta, best-selling author and award-winning journalist for The New Yorker, talked about his profiles of powerful media moguls, pondered the future of information and offered advice to USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism students on Sept. 22. “I like to think of what I do as visiting other]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/journalist_auletta_offers_insight_on_google.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/digital_media/journalist_auletta_offers_insight_on_google.html#70738