MEDIA IMPACT PROJECT
  • ABOUT
    • ABOUT US
    • WHAT WE DO
    • OUR TEAM
    • OUR PARTNERS
  • PROJECTS
    • CULTURAL AUDITS >
      • What is a cultural audit?
      • Charitable Giving
      • Criminal Justice
      • Health Equity
      • Poverty Narratives
    • ENTERTAINMENT >
      • Abortion on TV
      • Asian Representation in Media
      • Caregiving
      • Climate Change >
        • Climate Change in Scripted TV
        • Climate Change in Unscripted TV
        • Plastic Pollution
      • Domestic Workers
      • Gun Safety
      • Ideology & Entertainment
      • Immigration Representation
      • Jewish Representation
      • Mental Health
      • Native Representation
    • DOCUMENTARY FILM >
      • America Divided
      • Food, Inc.
      • The Social Dilemma
      • Waiting for Superman
    • INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH >
      • Africa Research
      • Cultural Diplomacy
      • MENA Research
    • JOURNALISM >
      • Case Studies
      • Impact Journalism
      • Science Journalism
      • Virtual Reality
    • SCIENCE & EVALUATION OF MEDIA IMPACT >
      • Narrative Change Strategy
      • Pop Culture for Social Change
      • Resources
  • PUBLICATIONS
  • PRESS & EVENTS
    • In the News
    • Events
  • BLOG
  • CONTACT
  • ABOUT
    • ABOUT US
    • WHAT WE DO
    • OUR TEAM
    • OUR PARTNERS
  • PROJECTS
    • CULTURAL AUDITS >
      • What is a cultural audit?
      • Charitable Giving
      • Criminal Justice
      • Health Equity
      • Poverty Narratives
    • ENTERTAINMENT >
      • Abortion on TV
      • Asian Representation in Media
      • Caregiving
      • Climate Change >
        • Climate Change in Scripted TV
        • Climate Change in Unscripted TV
        • Plastic Pollution
      • Domestic Workers
      • Gun Safety
      • Ideology & Entertainment
      • Immigration Representation
      • Jewish Representation
      • Mental Health
      • Native Representation
    • DOCUMENTARY FILM >
      • America Divided
      • Food, Inc.
      • The Social Dilemma
      • Waiting for Superman
    • INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH >
      • Africa Research
      • Cultural Diplomacy
      • MENA Research
    • JOURNALISM >
      • Case Studies
      • Impact Journalism
      • Science Journalism
      • Virtual Reality
    • SCIENCE & EVALUATION OF MEDIA IMPACT >
      • Narrative Change Strategy
      • Pop Culture for Social Change
      • Resources
  • PUBLICATIONS
  • PRESS & EVENTS
    • In the News
    • Events
  • BLOG
  • CONTACT

OUR TEAM

Marty Kaplan, Director, Norman Lear Center
Johanna Blakley, Managing Director, Norman Lear Center
Erica Rosenthal, Research Director
Mark Leong, Business Director
Veronica Jauriqui, Research & Communications
Adam Amel Rogers, Research Operations
Soraya Giaccardi, Senior Researcher
Erica Watson-Currie, Research Associate
Eun Jung (Kristin) Jung, Project Administrator
Ksenia Korobkova, Project Administrator
Shawn Van Valkenburgh, Project Associate
Dana Weinstein, Project Specialist
Uju Okechukwu, Budget Technician
Cristian Hurtado, IT Associate

THE ADVISORY BOARD

The Media Impact Board includes leaders in journalism, public relations, transmedia, marketing, psychology, social network analysis, cyber infrastructure, and social change.
Richard Addy,
Addy-Kassova Audience Strategy
Thomas Baekdal, Baekdal.com
Emily Bell, Columbia University
John Seely Brown, USC Provost’s Office
Noshir Contractor, Northwestern University
Laura Evans, Scripps
Henry Jenkins, USC Annenberg
Avinash Kaushik, Google
Olivia Ma, Google Plus
Amy Mitchell, Pew Research Center
Geneva Overholser, Women's Media Center
Aron Pilhofer, The Guardian
James G. Robinson, The New York Times
Deb Roy, MIT
Rachel Schutt, News Corp
Ethan Zuckerman, MIT
The Norman Lear Center's Media Impact Project researches how entertainment and news influence our thoughts, attitudes, beliefs, knowledge and actions. We work with researchers, the film and TV industry, nonprofits, and news organizations, and share our research with the public. We are part of the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.