Robert Kozinets and Chih-Ling Liu co-wrote an article for The Conversation about their research into how single women in China are using their economic clout to redefine their place in society.
The Daily Breeze cited research from Crosstown showing an increasing number of hate crimes in the city of Los Angeles.
In an article about the Pillars Muslim Artist Database, The New York Times cited research by the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative showing low representation of Muslims in top-grossing films.
In an article about the production company the Crab Club, The Associated Press cited research from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative showing a low percentage of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in leading roles in Hollywood films.
New research by the Norman Lear Center about the prevalence of single-use plastics in popular TV shows is quoted in Treehugger.
Glimpse from the Globe spoke with Clayton Dube of the USC U.S.-China Institute about the legacy of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. “Ordinary people saw a hypermodern, organized, successful Olympics," he said. "That had a big impact on American views of China,” Dube said.
NBC Los Angeles reported on the new USC Polarization Index, which uses social media data to measure how far apart Americans are on top political issues.
Slate interviewed Kate Crawford about the biases built into machine learning. When AI uses vast data sets to build a worldview, Crawford said, that process is "intensely complicated and highly political.”
Rolling Stone cited research by the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative showing that women are underrepresented in leadership positions in the music industry.
Protocol spoke with Mike Ananny about transparency at tech firms. "It needs to be meaningful transparency," he said. "It can't just be transparency as theater or as performance."
Vulture cited research by the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on the lack of representation for Muslim and Middle East/North African characters in top films.
Variety reported that the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative would receive an organizational award from Women In Animation for "its longtime research efforts into representation, characterization and inclusion in the entertainment industry."