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In November 2012, Ernest Wilson delivered the W.E.B. Du Bois Lectures at Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Institute. See videos below from the three-part lecture series, Exclusion and Inequality in Digital Societies: Theories, Evidence, and Strategy.
11/27/12 @4pm “What the Transition to a Digital Society Means for Those at the Bottom”
11/28/12 @ 4pm “Policy Responses to Digital Inequality: Beyond Economics”
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Dean Ernest J. Wilson III congratulates USC Annenberg’s Class of 2013
Dean Wilson addresses the Annenberg class of 2013. He says, "This is a wonderful time to be going out into the world of media, entertainment, [and] communications." Watch Video » … [Read More...]
USC Annenberg Dean Wilson Talks Up The Corporation For Public Broadcasting’s Future
Neon Tommy, Annenberg Digital News, interviewed Ernest Wilson about the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, his former role and accomplishments on the Board, and what lies ahead for CPB. Read More » … [Read More...]
Dean Wilson writes about the second wave of the digital divide
Dean Ernest J. Wilson III wrote about possible solutions to the problem of declining minority media ownership and positions of senior leadership in a Feb. 17 article in The Root. Dean Wilson wrote about the "scissors effect" of black consumption rising as black control simultaneously declines. "There is a lot of responsibility and work to go around," he wrote. "But we all must start by recognizing that the scissors effect can cut deeply and permanently if we don't take steps now to protect and … [Read More...]
Dean Wilson outlines plans for USC Annenberg in PBS MediaShift Q-and-A
Dean Ernest J. Wilson III described the USC Annenberg School's recent additions, impending growth, and plans for the future in an in-depth PBS MediaShift Q-and-A on Jan. 18 with Mark Glaser. "What I feel really good about is building on this inherited combinations of different disciplines and professions and looking very hard for synergies and places where journalism and communication and public relations and strategic communication can work together," Dean Wilson said. "That's what gives me … [Read More...]
Dean Wilson delivers three-day W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture Series on technology disparities at Harvard, Nov. 27-29, 2012
“The number of African-Americans and other people of color in positions of senior leadership and ownership of media properties is either stagnant or declining, ” Dean Wilson said. “We should care about this because we are citizens and these are matters of the life and death of democracy." How would scholar, writer, editor and civil rights pioneer, W.E.B. Du Bois, the first African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University, react and think about this new digital divide? … [Read More...]