This summer, a group of students from USC Annenberg paid a visit to Beijing to get a deeper understanding of the development of the influencer industry in China. The students visited the short video platform Kwai and a couple of multi-channel networks. They also had an opportunity to interview executives in the production company, HuanYu Entertainment and the big data research company, Qingbo.

On June 12, USC Annenberg’s Executive Education hosted members of the Development Research Center of the State Council of the People’s Republic Of China (DRC) for a discussion about the future of global economic governance. The DRC conducts policy research and provides strategic guidance to the Chinese government on issues related to the economic and social development of China.

In China, the boom of the influencer economy is one of the most eye-catching phenomena now which has attracted people from all business industry to study and get involved. Dr. Ben Lee, an Annenberg professor and the associate director of the Communication Management program, brought his research team to Beijing so they could explore this influencer culture up close.

The Year of the Pig will kick-off worldwide with extravagant celebrations rooted in deep historical and cultural tradition.

Empowerment is a "multidimensional" and globally diverse concept.  How then, do we include women's voices in a study designed to measure levels of empowerment?

The Global Climate Action Summit wrapped up in San Francisco last week and topping the agenda was finding solutions for climate change.

The World Bank-Annenberg Summer Instittue came to a close on June 15 and you can read about thhe cohort and their experience completing the program here.