Recent News
February 10, 2010
Google, China and U.S. Foreign Policy
The Pacific Council convened a teleconference with Dr. Ernest J. Wilson, Dean of the Annenberg School at USC and Pacific Council Board member and adjunct fellow. Dr. Wilson discussed the recent events surrounding Google’s presence in China and the larger implications of the company’s threat to pull out of China entirely. We considered his recent Huffington Post piece http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ernest-j-wilson/google-china-and-us-forei_b_443741.html which explores the question: how will an emerging “Silicon Valley foreign policy” affect the broader U.S. foreign policy agenda?
Dr. Wilson’s current work concentrates on China-Africa relations, global sustainable innovation in high-technology industries, and the role of politics in the diffusion of information and communication technologies.
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December 07, 2009
China, Africa, and the African Diaspora: Perspectives
Author and publisher of the new book China, Africa, and the African Diaspora: Perspectives, Dr. Sharon Freeman will be joined by additional contributing authors to discuss and analyze China's increasing interest and participation in African economic markets. Capturing the diversity of China’s engagement is necessary to achieve any understanding of the complex and sometimes contrary reactions that its presence inspires across Africa.
Panelist:
Dr. Ernest J. Wilson III, Dean, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, Walter H. Annenberg Chair in Communication, University of Southern California
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October 02, 2009
Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age, Part 1
The Knight Commission held a forum on recommendations in their report “Informing Communities: Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age.” The report focused on availability of information, skills needed to use broadband, and universal service. Following opening remarks and presentations, a panel talked about the use of broadband technology to improve access to and availability of information through on-line sources. Read More »
September 21, 2009
New CPB Chair Sees Watershed for Public Media
"Maybe we’re at a 1967 moment again,” says Ernest Wilson III, shortly after his election as chair of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting on Sept. 16 [2009]. He’s making a hopeful comparison with the year when a Carnegie Commission report slid into President Johnson’s in-box in January and returned for his signature as the Public Broadcasting Act in November... Read More »
September 17, 2009
Q&A With CPB’s Ernest Wilson III
The newly elected chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting talks with B&C’s John Eggerton about transforming noncommercial broadcasting into multiplatform, locally-focused public-service media.
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September 16, 2009
Dr. Ernest Wilson III Elected Chair of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Washington, DC -- The board of directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) today elected Dr. Ernest Wilson III to serve as its chairman.
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August 27, 2009
Where are J-Schools in Great Debate over Journalism’s Future?
Dean Ernest J. Wilson III writes an Aug. 27 Poynter article stating that journalism schools and professors need to be involved in the debate over the future of news.
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February 19, 2009
Dean Wilson named ICOMM’s 2009 Distinguished Scholar
The International Communication section of the International Studies Association named Dean Ernest J. Wilson III its 2009 Distinguished Scholar at the Association's annual meeting in New York on Feb. 15.
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January 26, 2009
Rebooting America’s image in the world
Dean Ernest J. Wilson III led a roundtable discussion on his recent experiences as a member of the Presidential Transition Team for the Obama administration at a Jan. 22 event at USC Annenberg.
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January 20, 2009
Dean Wilson talks inauguration for LA Times panel
The Los Angeles Times invited Dean Ernest J. Wilson III to be one of nine local leaders to participate in a panel about the significance of President Barack Obama's inauguration, which Dean Wilson said marks the start of an important change for the United States.
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