Diversity, Inclusion & Representation
Getting Started
August 12, 2021
June 15, 2021
This landmark research on Muslim portrayals on screen from the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative highlights the need for more nuanced stories.
Recent violence against Muslims demonstrates dangerous biases on a global scale. While the causes of such violence are complex, mass media plays a worrying role in exacerbating negative stereotypes, especially when audiences have few real-world experiences with Muslim communities.
March 19, 2021
We wanted to understand the lived experience of Black professionals along the end-to-end journey of content production and distribution, from applying for an entry-level position or pitching new ideas to shooting on location and distributing a finished product. To shed light on the scale of the racial disparities and the potential economic opportunity in addressing them, we analyzed data and reviewed multiple research reports on thousands of films and TV shows.