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November 4th, 2021

Inaugural USC Polarization Index reveals political divide remains wide after 1 year; immigration is the most divisive issue

USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, with collaborators Golin and Zignal Labs, reveals industry’s first data-based Polarization Index to provide a roadmap for business leaders to navigate controversial issues Contact: Emily Gersema at gersema@usc.edu or (213) 712-3168; Zignal Labs at press@zignallabs.com and Brittany Sullivan for Golin at bsullivan@golin.com A new measure for polarization from USC Annenberg, developed […]

collaboration, polarization, Politics, public relations, ,
Posted in News Releases, USC Annenberg School
November 2nd, 2018

USC experts aTwitter over midterm elections

Follow our experts on Twitter and interact with them on Election Day for analysis and insights as the results roll in. Click to see our recent Midterm Election 2018 source alerts: Hacking the elections Campaign spending & dark money ‘Year of the Woman?’ Millennial voters Blue wave Contact: Jenesse Miller at (213) 810-8554 or jenessem@usc.edu […]

2018, civic, election, Elections, , government, Immigration, midterm elections, midterms, political, Politics, , Voters, women voters
Posted in News Releases, Source Alert
October 29th, 2018

Will next week’s midterm elections be hacked?

With the 2018 midterm elections just one week away, social media companies are stepping up efforts to identify and stop viral deception campaigns. Facebook recently announced a new “war room” to detect and counter hate speech, voter suppression efforts and fake social media accounts due to Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and the […]

cybersecurity, Elections, hacking, midterms,
Posted in News Releases, Source Alert