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Social Media Week hits LA Sept. 19-23


By: Karen North, Ph.D.
September 16, 2011

Social Media Week starts on Monday.Key cities around the globe are hosting a week full of discussions about the key issues and challenges facing social media, as well as the influence that social media is having on society. APOC is proud to be a participant and advisor to this outstanding event.

Come join us at venues across Los Angeles as we celebrate Social Media Week.

Check it out: http://socialmediaweek.org/schedule/

RewardTag is featured deal on Jasmere.com


By: Karen North, Ph.D.
April 11, 2011

Congrats to Brian Nichols (APOC 2010) for launching RewardTag.com and for being March 29th's deal on Jasmere.com (a daily deal coupon site).   RewardTag is a brilliantly simple business that provides stickers to put on electronic devices.  If a device (phone, laptop, camera, etc) is found, the finder logs into the site, types in the unique ID number printed on the RewardTag, and receives a reward for returning the item.  Finally, we have a way to get back our data, pictures, and other personal info rather than just replacing our lost devices!! 

A Rant About Television's Difficulty in Representing Committed Relationships


By: Henry Jenkins
April 6, 2011

Two things collided over the past week for me as a loyal television viewer and I want to get them off my chest. I give fair warning that this is going to be a bit of a rant. There's almost no aca here and a hell of a lot of fan.

The first is that after watching House M.D. with some great pleasure for seven seasons, I am more and more facing the grim reality that it has more or less jumped the shark this season thanks to its frustrating and ill-conceived representation of the on-again, off-again love affair between House and Cuddy.

Check Out Student Work from Annenberg Innovation Lab Conference


By: Henry Jenkins
April 5, 2011

Last Friday, I had the pride and joy of participating in the first conference organized by the Annenberg Innovation Lab. The Lab is a new research initiative launched over the past year, with the goal of becoming an incubator for new media practices and platforms, a space where important conversations can occur between academics and industry leaders which may help shape the future of communications.

USC for Japan recognized by USC President C.L. Max Nikias


By: Karen North, Ph.D.
April 1, 2011

Not only do APOC students care about the world, but they are poised to respond in meaningful and effective ways. Last month, within 24 hours of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Evan Jones and Charles Rubinoff (both 2011 current students) created and launched USC for Japan. This site provides information, as well as donation options, for people who care about the natural disaster in Japan.

Over the Rainbow: John C. Tibbetts Opens Archive of Interviews


By: Henry Jenkins
March 31, 2011

Over the past year or so, I've been enjoying an active correspondence with John C. Tibbetts, a long-standing film researcher, who recently put out a three volume collection of highlights from American Classic Screen, a publication which in its day represented an important bridge between the world of film buffs and cineastes, on the one hand, and film scholars on the other.

How Learners Can Be On Top of Their Game: An Interview with James Paul Gee (Part Two)


By: Henry Jenkins
March 23, 2011



Your most recent book, Women and Gaming: The Sims and 21st Century Learning, moves us from a focus on the kinds of learning which occurs inside the game as we play towards the kinds of learning which takes place around the game as people build upon it through the mechanisms of what you would call affinity spaces or what I call Participatory Culture. You describe this as "gaming beyond gaming." What has motivated this shift of emphasis?