AFI BLOG: Media and Technology

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UCLA pines for film school donations comparable to USC’s

July 1st, 2008 · No Comments

By Lynn Smith, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
As most Angelenos know, the crosstown rivalry between Bruins and Trojans isn’t limited to football. Each camp of alumni wants to help its own get ahead — in sports, in law, even in writing. In the case of screenwriting programs where bundles of money are at stake, [...]

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Tags: education

The future of entertainment, USC style

May 20th, 2008 · No Comments

The Los Angeles Times
The entertainment industry has been pressuring colleges directly and indirectly to teach students the do’s and don’ts of copyrights, hoping such lessons will help abate online piracy. But at USC’s Entertainment Technology Center, students often are the ones giving lessons to Hollywood and the high-tech world about the right way to deliver [...]

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Tags: Research · digital filmmaking

Perceptions Of Search Reliability And Accuracy Declining

January 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Ongoing USC study on web usage summarized in this post at: SearchEngineLand

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Tags: Technology · World Wide Web · new media · search engines