Research
Centers, Programs and Journals
Learn from our accomplished scholars, contribute to cutting-edge research, and participate in unique projects with one of our many research centers, programs and journals.
Centers Annenberg Creator Research Network (ACoRN) explores how creators and influencers use Internet technologies to drive economic, political, and cultural change. Bringing together scholars, students, and industry leaders, ACoRN sparks dialogue on creator labor, entrepreneurship, and community engagement while advancing ethical, sustainable practices through collaborative research, guest speakers, and co-authored work. Annenberg Center for Collaborative Communication enables scholars to think and work across institutional, geographic and disciplinary divides. Jointly established by USC Annenberg and the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication, the center’s faculty and doctoral students seek to address emerging global issues broadly across the field of communication and media. Annenberg Game Lab empowers graduate students studying games and their players through a variety of methods, including cooperation with developers.
Annenberg Networks Network supports a variety of efforts designed to develop social network theory, undertakes empirical research projects to test network theories, and sponsors advanced workshops focused on network theory development as well as a seminar series featuring distinguished network scholars from around the world. Annenberg Research Network on International Communication is a multi-disciplinary project focused on global information policies and the socioeconomic implications of new communication infrastructures. Center for Climate Journalism and Communication empowers professionals across media, public relations, and strategic and corporate communications to be climate storytellers who advance a deeper understanding of the consequences of climate change — from the global to the local and from the collective to the individual.
Annenberg Inclusion Initiative is a leading think tank dedicated to addressing issues of inequality in entertainment in order to define areas within the industry where diversity is needed. Annenberg Innovation Lab is a space where students, faculty, researchers and business entrepreneurs collaborate on projects that have practical application and social impact.
Center for Climate Journalism and Communication Center on Communication Leadership and Policy sponsors research and organizes courses, programs, and symposia for scholars, students, and working professionals to prepare the next generation of leaders in a rapidly evolving media environment.
Annenberg Innovation Lab
Center for the Digital Future tracks the impact of communication technology and mass media on individuals, communities and nations throughout the world. Continued on back